Frankfurt / Main (dpa) – Adi Hütter is causing a sensation with Eintracht Frankfurt and now wants to overshadow a successful predecessor on the Main: cult trainer Dragoslav Stepanović.
After the 2-0 (0-0) against 1. FC Cologne, the Hessian Bundesliga club has 39 points on the account after 21 games and the Champions League firmly in their sights. “I know that Stepi is happy with us. He always sends a text message, “said the Austrian head coach and added a message along with a legendary Stepanovic saying:” I hope I can still outdo you. You know: Lebbe goes again. “
Football life goes on for the third place in the table after ten games without defeat, but with eight wins and two draws on Saturday against FC Bayern Munich. “We have distanced ourselves a little from the back places and are in a situation in which the game against Bayern is a kind of bonus game,” said Eintracht sports director Fredi Bobic before the top encounter with the club world champion, flirtatious and in a good mood: ” We can play freely and hopefully stand up to them. Maybe we will soon be the winners of the World Cup. “
Hütter also believes that anything is possible against the world’s best team, which has just won its sixth title and is “the ultimate”. “We are in a good mood and want to remain unbeaten.” Eintracht demonstrated how this can be done on November 4, 2019 with a 5-1 win at home against Munich. “You have seen in the past that you can score against Bayern,” said Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp. “In the form we are in right now, we can and want to win against Bayern.”
The 2018 DFB Cup winner is not lacking in self-confidence. “We didn’t steal the victories or the points anywhere. That is fun and enjoyable for me, ”emphasized Hütter. If you see the average of two points per game this season, it is impressive: “The number of points says exactly how we play.” The Hessians had a winless phase with seven draws and two from matchday 4 to 12 Defeats – including a 0-5 in Munich.
Due to the successful streak, Coach Hütter now has a luxury problem, he has to keep the whole squad happy – especially Luka Jovic, who is on loan from Real Madrid. The Serbian striker hoped to get the playing time with his former employer that he did not get after his move to the Spaniards. He was only substituted on against Cologne, for the fifth time.
“When I see how we play and how many points we get, it’s one man’s joy and the other’s pain,” commented Hütter. Of course, he can understand the less considered players and “almost look into their stomachs” to see how they are doing. “With Luka, he’s not entirely happy because he’d rather play longer,” said the 51-year-old and assured: “He’ll still help us. I’m sure of that. ”At the moment he is mainly helped by striker André Silva, who scored his 18th goal this season with his 1-0 (57th minute), and also Evan N’Dicka, who scored his second goal as a defender succeeded against Cologne.
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