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Eintracht Frankfurt cannot be stopped on the way to their first Champions League participation.
Against the scare of favorites 1. FC Köln, the Hessians continued the series of ten games without defeat in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 (0-0) win.
This was the last time Eintracht succeeded in the 1992/93 season.
André Silva (57th minute) and Evan N'Dicka (79th) ensured the victory.
Even before the next success, Eintracht coach Adi Hütter was reluctant to take part in the premier class.
"To become champions with Bayern Munich is easier than to reach the Champions League with Eintracht," he told Sky TV.
The people of Domstadt, who had previously scored seven points from the Champions League participants Dortmund, Leipzig and Mönchengladbach, went away empty-handed this time.
A good quarter of an hour passed without goal scenes until there was something worth seeing in the 90th Bundesliga duel between the two clubs.
Only then did the hosts get in a playful mood and had numerous chances against Cologne, which did not come close to the performance of the last two victorious games.
The lively Filip Kostic (17th), who was barely blocked by Sava-Anrangel Cestic in the Cologne penalty area, caused the first danger.
Evan N'Dicka (r.) And Martin Hinteregger celebrate the second goal against Cologne
Source: AFP / KAI PFAFFENBACH
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After that, the goal chances for Frankfurt continued almost every minute, with Kostic once again the driving force and Cologne goalkeeper Horn proved to be a great support.
Cologne, on the other hand, did not have a single really compelling opportunity to score a goal and were happy to go into the break with 0-0.
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After the restart, the one-sided game with the dominating Frankfurt continued, who finally scored the deserved goal in the 57th minute.
After a long-range shot by Erik Durm, Kamada deflected the ball so that Silva easily scored his 18th goal of the season from a few meters.
The Cologne team could only cause danger once, when Emmanuel Dennis (66th) hit the ball just past the right post from 18 meters.
Frankfurt defender N'Dicka made it better with his goal to make it 2-0.
Frankfurt scored 22 of the 24 possible points in the new year, which is the best in the league.
For the first time in the club's history, Eintracht won the first four second round matches of a Bundesliga season.