Football Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt had to cope with another sporty blow in the neck in the turmoil surrounding Flip Kostic, who was willing to emigrate.
The team of coach Oliver Glasner missed the possible first win of the season in the 1-1 (1-0) at Arminia Bielefeld.
Although the guests from Hesse took the lead through new signing Jens Petter Hauge (22nd minute), they received the bitter equalizer through substitute Patrick Wimmer (86th).
Offensive star Kostic apparently wants to leave Eintracht, was missing in the final training and was therefore not in the squad on Saturday. After the 2: 5 in Dortmund and the 0: 0 against Augsburg, Eintracht only has two points on the account. Bielefeld, which lost 5-1 to Frankfurt at the beginning of the year, is also without a defeat after the third game (3 points).
Before the start of the game, Frankfurt's sports director Markus Krösche made it clear once again on Sky that the club “cannot be put under pressure” and that they “plan” with Kostic.
Krösche was surprised by the Serb's behavior: “Filip is a really good boy who has also done a lot for Frankfurt.
I don't know what moved him to do it that way and act that way.
But it's the wrong way. ”In response to a rumored offer from Lazio Rome, he said that there was“ no price tag ”.
The summer transfer deadline ends on August 31st.
Good Eintracht attack on the lead
The still victorious Eintracht showed in partly pouring rain in front of 13,750 spectators on the again sold out Alm, unimpressed by the latest developments. The Glasner team had the more mature playing system and controlled the game from the start. In contrast, the game of Arminia with the starting eleven debutants Robin Hack and Florian Krüger looked wooden. The first liquid attack by the guests over six stations led directly to the lead. Daichi Kamada, who came in for Kostic, sent Erik Durm into the penalty area, where the right-back played in the middle on Hauge. The Norwegian finished dry and flat from eight meters to his second goal of the season.
As a result, Rafael Borré, who signed on for André Silva, could have made two preliminary decisions (25th and 35th minutes), but did not take advantage of the great opportunities.
Instead, the Bielefeld team came to the first shots on goal by Fabian Klos (42nd) and Krüger (43rd) just before the break.
After the change, Borré (52nd) and especially Hauge (57th) could have decided the game.
After the Norwegian missed the empty goal, the game was interrupted.
Bielefeld's Jacob Laursen had to be carried off the pitch with a ruff after a collision with goalkeeper Stefan Ortega.
According to the association, he was taken to the hospital for an examination.
Bielefeld threw everything forward in the second half. Hack had bad luck with a post hit (67th). Then Hack and Okugawa (78th) gave away the great chance to equalize one after the other, and a little later Martin Hinteregger saved on the line against Hack's shot (79th). But then the substitute Wimmer scored after submission by Klos to make it 1: 1.