Well over 1000 days have passed since Mesut Özil retired from the national team.

Joachim Löw is no longer national coach, Reinhard Grindel has long ceased to be DFB President, and Özil has not played a competitive game in Germany since then - until Thursday evening, when he scored 1-1 (1-1) for his club Fenerbahce Istanbul in Europe League at Eintracht Frankfurt and scored a goal.

The following is an observation of how Özil's emotionally charged evening in the World Cup arena in Frankfurt went.

Greeting:

“He's a soccer star.

He is well known, he performed well.

He became world champion with the national team and played a big part in it ”, said Eintracht goalkeeper Trapp in old solidarity about the 2014 world champion. The Eintracht fans in the stadium apparently did not share his friendly assessment.

Before the game:

Loud whistles ring through the stadium when only Özil's name is called out.

The whistle is particularly loud when the 32-year-old can be seen on the video cube in the stadium.

Initial phase:

Özil starts strong on the lawn, initiating several dangerous actions for the guests.

First he hit the crossbar from Mert Yandas, then he was just right after a rebound and completed the 1-0 lead from a tight angle.

Already at this early point in the Europa League group game, he had succeeded in returning.

Second half:

After the

break,

the dislike of the Frankfurt fans moved closer to Özil.

For his corner balls, the former world-class professional now stepped in front of the Eintracht curve, where several beer mugs flew in his direction onto the lawn.

Individual Frankfurt fans leaned particularly far over the barrier to shout loudly at Özil.

Certainly no expressions of friendship.

Substitution:

After 76 minutes of play, Özil's working day was over.

While the Fenerbahce fans cheered, the Eintracht supporters acknowledged the substitution with a final whistle.

Dimitrios Pelkas came into play for the former German international.

The Joker failed in stoppage time with a penalty to Trapp.

After the game:

After the final whistle, Özil chatted with fellow world champion Erik Durm.

“We had a very, very nice time together in 2014.

Mesut is a great boy, ”commented Durm.