Frankfurt European Cup dreams
On Saturday the Leipziger received the Dortmund, who played against Mainz (with Karim Onisiwo until the 84th) far below their possibilities. The 2-0 of Mainz by 19-year-old Jonathan Burkhardt and a penalty goal by Jean-Philippe Mateta (49th) was earned.
Bayer Leverkusen put three points behind Leipzig in the remote duel for the Champions League. The Werkself around ÖFB captain Julian Baumgartlinger and Aleksandar Dragovic (played through) won 3: 1 (2: 0) against 1. FC Köln, where Florian Kainz was there from the 78th minute. In fourth place, Bayer has one point more than Fifth Gladbach.
In Frankfurt, after the 2-1 win over Schalke and goals from Andre Silva (29th) and David Abraham (50th), they still dream of the European Cup. The team of coach Adi Hütter is missing five points before the last two rounds against Cologne and Paderborn. “We have the chance. If we had said that before 5-6 games, it would have been great. Now we have the chance and we want to grab it,” said Martin Hinteregger, who played for Stefan Ilsanker in the last 20 minutes.
Schalke, who hibernated as fifth in the table, is only tenth after 14 games without a win. The goal of Weston McKennie (59.) was not enough for the staid guests, where the ÖFB team players Alessandro Schöpf and Michael Gregoritsch (from 57.) could not change anything in the game.
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