Frankfurt / Main (dpa) – Record winner Eintracht Frankfurt can continue to dream of the next big coup in the women’s DFB Cup. The club, which started as 1. FFC Frankfurt until the beginning of this season, is in the final on Saturday for the 14th time after a 2-1 (0-1) against SC Freiburg and meets on May 30th Winner of the game VfL Wolfsburg against FC Bayern Munich, who will contest the second semi-final on Easter Sunday (2 p.m. / ARD).
Marie Müller (13th minute) had the cup finalists from 2019 first in the Frankfurt stadium in the lead, before Lara Prasnikar (47th) and the 17-year-old Camilla Küver (60th) turned the game in favor of the Hessians. «The girls now deserve to celebrate a little and not just drink a beer after the win. If there are a few more in the end, that’s okay too, ”said coach Niko Arnautis. Now the tenth triumph in the prestigious cup competition seems possible despite being an outsider in the final.
Arnautis himself was so enthusiastic about his team’s morale that he wanted to reward himself as well. “I’ll have a beer first and I promise everyone that I’ll have at least one more ouzo tonight,” said the 41-year-old. The entire team, which is lagging behind in terms of sport in the Bundesliga season, is “incredibly happy and grateful”.
The young winning goal scorer was thrilled. “After the final whistle, I had to do it myself,” said the 17-year-old, who praised sports director Siegfried Dietrich as a “top talent”. For Küver, the semifinals were “an absolute highlight game and also a very big goal”.
Now an even bigger game is waiting at the end of May. Dietrich is pleased that “we can now represent the eagle family in Cologne in the premiere year”. The Hessians last won the title in the 2013/14 season.
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