Europa League: Frankfurt in the round of 16, Hoffenheim fails – sport fails

The three points stayed with Mats Hummels and his AS Rome-nevertheless Eintracht Frankfurt is in the round of 16 of the football Europe League. The Hesse lost 0: 2 (0: 1) among the Italians on Thursday evening, but was one of the best eight teams in the league phase in the round of the best 16. Hummels and Co. secured a place in the playoffs through the threesome.

Angeliño (44th) and Eldor Shomurodov (69th) met for the hosts in the Olympic Stadium of Rome. The Hesse stays with 16 points, but the yield was enough to save the detour via the playoffs. Hummels and Co. have to go there in mid -February. Even before the game, it was clear that the Roma would only reach the playoffs with a win out of its own.

The Roma was unable to spark permanent pressure towards SGE keeper Kevin Trapp, Frankfurt repeatedly developed the possession phases and had even the best chance of the game to date with a header from Hugo Larsson (22nd). The Romans, which was under pressure, then benefited from the partially incorrect Frankfurt development game: First Gianluca Mancini hit the post (36.), shortly before the break whistle Angeliño from an acute angle.

Frankfurt started motivated in half two, especially Hugo Ekitiké was dangerous several times before the Roma goal. Ultimately, however, the Eintracht remained too inaccurate in the attack game, the Roma came into play better again – and increased by the Shomurodov, which had just been substituted before.

At TSG Hoffenheim, the miracle in the parallel game failed to do: The staffing team of coach Christian Ilzer won 4: 3 (1: 1) on Thursday evening at RSC Anderlecht and thus celebrated the second victory in the league. However, the protective help in the other places needed for a progress, but the TSG was only missing one point in the end.

Robin Hranac (41st), the future Munich Tom Bischof (54.), David Mokwa (59.) and Adam Hlozek (65th) met for Hoffenheim, who can now concentrate fully on the relegation battle in the Bundesliga. Luis Vazquez (18th), Keisuke Goto (79th) and former Bremer Ludwig Augustinsson (88th) scored the gates for the Belgian representative.

“This is a hospital that I have never experienced in my coaching career,” Ilzer had emphasized before the game. In Belgium, among other things, Andrej Kramaric and Anton stood the game among the guests, who nevertheless found the game properly – until Vazquez and his great Schlenzer provided the first dampers. Afterwards Anderlecht remained the more dangerous team, the Hoffenheim equalization by Hranac shortly before the break fell out of nowhere, but in the second round a different picture and Hoffenheim even pulled up to 4: 1 – but even with this interim result, the Results in the other places always progress.