Eintracht Frankfurt had to accept a damper on the way to the Champions League. The Hesse ultimately lost 0: 2 (0: 1) in the Bundesliga at Werder Bremen. Oliver Burke (28th minute) put his team in the lead with his goal before the break, Romano Schmid (84th) made the success perfect. As a result, the Bremeners even kept their little chance of a European Cup place. Despite the first defeat after two successes, the Frankfurters still remained third in the table. But Mainz 05 (1: 1 against Kiel) and RB Leipzig (3: 1 against Hoffenheim) are closer. At the same time, the Hesse failed with the 0: 2 the dress rehearsal for the quarter-final first leg in the Europa League on Thursday at Tottenham Hotspur.Werder coach Ole Werner sent the same starting eleven as a week earlier at 3-0 at Holstein Kiel. And from the start, the Bremen tries to put the Frankfurt pressure under pressure. But Eintracht was initially secure on the defensive, and the guests were looking for the offensive in front of 42,100 spectators in the sold -out Weser Stadium after about ten minutes and achieved an overweight. But the team of coach Dino Toppmöller acted tooless to put Werder with problems. A header by Jens Stage (11th) after the second corner kick, a volley shot by Marco Friedl (14th) from 18 meters and a header from Stage (25th) to the crossbar after a shot by Romano Schmid were the best Werder chances. Hugo Ekitiké (20th) had the only noteworthy Frankfurt possibility with his shot past Bremen goal. Ins view of the player Plus The host was definitely deserved by the third goal of the season of Burke. The Scotsman had been neglected by the Eintracht defense after a corner kick by Schmid and almost freely converted the ball with the head. Werder became braver and better. That continued after the break. Already two minutes after the restart, Marvin Ducksch gave it 2-0 when, after a mistake by the Frankfurt Pharell Namdi Collins, he lifted the ball next to the Eintracht goal. Mitchell Weiser (79th) missed the best option. Otherwise, the last pass did not arrive too often. The Frankfurters continued to have an optical overweight, but made too little of it. Especially since the Werder cover around captain Friedl was mostly safe. When Schmid (84.) then scored for the Bremen, Werder’s coach Werner’s first victory against Eintracht was perfect.
