Oliver Glasner quickly ticked off the round of 16 in the premier class. “Not a broken leg,” said the Eintracht Frankfurt coach after the 0: 3 (0: 1) at SSC Napoli on “DAZN”: “We must not forget that we are still in two competitions. We have to not ashamed that we were eliminated from the Champions League in mid-March.”
The league leaders in Serie A, against whom the Hessians had already lost the first leg 0-2, is “simply a size too big for us”, said the Austrian, who is still on course for the European Cup in the league with the SGE and in the DFB Cup quarter-finals. In the club’s first premier class participation, the team “represented not only Eintracht, but all of Germany well”.
The desire for another season in Europe’s elite class was great after the elimination. “Anyone who has played in the Champions League wants to stay at that level. You can tell that in the squad,” said national goalkeeper Kevin Trapp. And Djibril Sow added that despite the defeat, it could still be a “terrific season”.
After the game, those responsible for SBU were critical of the serious riots in the city. “Of course we noticed that,” said sporting director Markus Krösche: “We can’t approve of that.” Captain Sebastian Rode also confirmed that the team had been informed about the incidents before the game.
The players, however, again criticized the Italian authorities, who, after a legal stalemate, had banned ticket sales to people residing in Frankfurt/Main. Napoli “did themselves a disservice by shutting out our fans,” said Rode. Sow spoke of a “kindergarten”. Of course, “the fans were really missing”.
