As good as Kevin Trapp had held, the goalkeeper of Frankfurt Eintracht couldn't find the right words after the 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig. At least none that mirrored reality. Compared to the broadcaster Sky, the national goalkeeper actually claimed that Eintracht would have been the better team in the second half and that overall they would have been on par with the Champions League participants. Since Trapp has neither bad eyes nor delusional ideas, his misjudgment with a chances ratio of 1: 8 can only have been a knowing act to promote the team spirit.
But the denial of the true circumstances could also lull the colleagues. In their current form they are among the teams in the Bundesliga that are in danger of relegation, despite their potential, despite winning a total of five points against the premier class clubs Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig and VfL Wolfsburg. What Eintracht is currently able to achieve is not enough to win against competitors from the lower third of the table. The playful poverty is so great that the Frankfurt professionals hardly have any scoring chances, even less against cautious teams than against self-confident teams who seek their salvation in attack.
This lack of creativity is based initially on the failure to manage the system changeover from Hütter to Glasner football and then increased further due to the uncertainty triggered by the pressure on results. It seems understandable that Glasner wants to move away from Hütter's “extreme flank soccer” (as the Eintracht coach put it), since André Silva, the main buyer, has left the club and more flexibility promises more success in the long run anyway. But after ten game days the question arises: Does Eintracht have the right players for Glasner's planned combination game through the center?
It is obvious that the Frankfurters lack a director, a professional who attracts the balls magnetically, asserts them and distributes them. A puller who, thanks to its ball safety, gives colleagues a little time to sort themselves, get into position and then deploy them. At the moment there is a wild, hectic mess of chasing and losing the ball in the Eintracht midfield. Hasebe and Kamada are the only ones who alleviate the misery a little on good days. But someone like Amin Younes in the top form last February would do the Frankfurters really good.
At least until something like self-confidence has returned to the Frankfurt midfield.
The doubts are so great that not even the win at Bayern and the convincing 3-1 against Piraeus had a lasting effect.
The arrears against Hertha and Bochum led directly to the playful collapse.
The very happy 1: 1 against Leipzig opened the Eintracht for the third time the assist.
A convincing success at Greuther Fürth could become an act of liberation.
If it does not succeed, it threatens a gloomy winter.