Defeat in the city duel: U21 lose against FSV Frankfurt – SGE4EVER

After the U21 of the SGE were able to hold a draw against the then league leaders Offenbach last week, this week they went straight to the next first place team in the Regionalliga Südwest. In the PSD Bank Arena it was against the rivals of the city FSV Frankfurt and they lost deservedly 1:3. The two penalties in the second half in particular ensured that Eintracht’s goalkeepers had no chance of winning.

Eintracht’s second team started with two changes compared to last week’s derby. Nils Ramming was replaced by Yurij Obert while he stayed with the Swedish U19 national team. Full-back Louis Kolbe moved back into the starting line-up after denying Noah Fenyö a red card. After just five minutes, Moses Otuali had the first good chance for the young eagles, but he fell too far behind when he finished and then sent the ball relatively far over the FSV goal. The game was marked by many turnovers on both sides in the first quarter of an hour of the game. Both teams tried to control the game, but both failed due to too much attention. After less than twenty minutes there was an injury related substitution for the U21s: Dominik Crljenec had to leave the field and Max Hauswirth came on for him. After half an hour of play, there was a blow in the neck for the U21s: a well-taken corner from the left sailed through the entire SGE penalty area, straight at Lucas Hermes, who was left free of crime, and who was able to scored his sixth goal of the season for the league leaders. A lackluster first half ended with no further real scoring chances after conceding a goal and Eintracht went into the dressing room with a one-goal deficit.

Two clear penalties against Eintracht

The young eagles started the second half with another change: Jaden Korzynietz came on for Kolbe. Dennis Schmitt’s side were unable to generate any goal threat in the first quarter of an hour of the second half, but they also kept FSV Frankfurt well away from their own goal. So at first it was still a classic midfield skirmish. As the game progressed, the FSV gradually developed more pressure and it happened as it had to happen: the captain Mario Vrancic lost an important duel in the middle of the park, the U21 defense found itself higher than the number, until in the end a striker ran freely towards Obert and the The. the keeper could not prevent him from finishing with a foul in the penalty area. The dirty man went up himself and Cas Peters turned halfway to the left. The young eagles had to chase a two-goal deficit from minute 62 onwards. As a result, Eintracht made a third change, bringing on Paul Wünsch for Kaan Inanoglu. A few minutes later the SGE completely collapsed: Another loss of the ball in the midfield, Timo Hildmann left two Eintracht defenders standing and was fouled by Vrancic in the penalty area, which led to a penalty another for the home team. This time Tim Latteier stepped up and turned smoothly in the middle. Substitute Wünsch scored the next goal for the U21s after FSV goalkeeper Justin Ospelt made a big mistake, throwing the ball in the six-yard box and Wünsch only had to tap in. In front of 2,885 spectators, Eintracht made the fourth and fifth changes, bringing on Anas Alaoui and Tim Hannak for Vrancic and the vacant Junior Awusi. SGE’s last big offensive was unsuccessful, and as a result Dennis Schmitt’s team lost the seventh place in the last ten games. After the 3-1 defeat, the U21s remain in 16th place in the table and host SGV Freiberg Fußball next week. Kick off is on Saturday, October 19th at 2:00pm.