The footballers of Eintracht Frankfurt surprisingly lost the quarterfinals of the DFB Cup against RB Leipzig. FC Bayern showed no weaknesses in Duisburg.
Bundesliga second Eintracht Frankfurt lost the round of 16 against second division RB Leipzig on Saturday (11/19/2022) 1-2 (1-0). It is the second setback for Eintracht this season. Frankfurt’s women failed to qualify for the Champions League away to Ajax Amsterdam in August.
“They did well, we didn’t. We didn’t reach our maximum, so it’s not enough in the cup. We knew they were good and we should have played better.”said Frankfurt national player Laura Freigang.
Müller turns the game around
Slovenian national team Lara Prasnikar (16′) puts Eintracht ahead. Marlene Müller (55th/87th) turned the game around with her brace in the second half.
“Great, we were looking forward to it. We had chances in the second half, we took them and overcame them.”said match winner Müller: “Maybe we can eliminate the next opponent in the quarterfinals.” FC Carl Zeiss Jena is another second division team in the semi-finals. Jena won the domestic championship duel against SC Sand 4:2.
Munich to Duisburg at the start of the course
Bayern Munich’s women didn’t allow themselves to wobble. In the duel in the Bundesliga against MSV Duisburg, the Munich team won 7-0 (2-0) and is also in the quarter-finals. After just eight minutes it was clear where the game was going.
The visitors took the lead with the first attack when Carolin Simon scored into an empty net from close range following a dry cross from the outside (3′). Shortly thereafter, FC Bayern made it 2-0 (8th) after a defensive error at MSV by Linda Dallmann.
As a result, the favorites played dominantly, but left plenty of opportunities. It was different in round two. Linda Magull (53′), Georgia Stanway (69′), Simon again (78′), Saki Kumagai (83′) after a corner kick and Dallmann with his second goal (90′) gradually increased the lead until to a landslide victory.
