Berlin (AFP)
Frankfurt, the team that is soaring in 2021, seized 3rd place in the Bundesliga on Sunday thanks to a 2-0 victory over Cologne, to the detriment of Wolfsburg held in check at home 0-0 by Mönchengladbach.
With now ten matches without defeat, including eight victories, Eintracht finds itself after 21 days in the position of first pursuer of the leader Munich (48 points and one match to be played on Monday) and its runner-up Leipzig, winner of Augsburg on Friday (2- 1).
Frankfurt opened the scoring against Cologne by André Silva (1-0, 57th), author of his 18th goal this season, including nine in seven matches since the start of the year.
The 25-year-old Portuguese, passed through Sevilla and AC Milan, is now the second best scorer in the championship behind the untouchable Robert Lewandowski (24 goals with Bayern).
French international hope Evan Ndicka, trained in Auxerre, doubled the bet (2-0, 79th) for the Red and Black.
If it continues at this pace, the team from the European financial capital can dream of qualifying for the Champions League.
In any case, it arrives fully launched for its "crash test" next Saturday, at home against Bayern (3.30pm).
The "Rekordmeister", who receives Monday the potential barrage Bielefeld, seems again untouchable, whereas he has just won the World Club in Qatar to complete a historic six-fold of trophies in less than a year (cup, championship , German Super Cup, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and World Cup).
- Thuram injured -
In the other match this Sunday, the other team in form of the moment, Wolfsburg (5 consecutive victories before this meeting), did not manage to extricate themselves from a daring and catchy formation of Mönchengladbach.
Despite the polar temperature (-12 ° C) and the absence of a goal, the "Wolves" and the "Colts" delivered a lively spectacle.
Wolfsburg created the greatest number of dangerous situations, but the awkwardness of his attackers in the last gesture and the good game of the goalkeeper of the "Colts" Yann Sommer never allowed the opening of the scoring.
With this new draw, Mönchengladbach stagnated in 7th position, outside European places, two weeks before his knockout round of the Champions League against Manchester City.
This meeting was relocated to Budapest, Germany not currently allowing the British entry into its territory because of Covid-19.
Shortly before the match, Borussia announced the knee injury of their French international striker Marcus Thuram, who was due to start the game.
No details on the exact nature of this injury have been given.
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