Now that the first Bundesliga home win has also been achieved, Eintracht can take a deep breath.

The bumpy start to the season is finally over, the team is on course.

Extrapolated to 34 games, the 18 points after 13 rounds mean a season result of 47 points, which would be a satisfactory result.

The fact that Eintracht only needs one point to move into the second round of the Europa League and that they can no longer take the round of 32 even in the event of a defeat in Istanbul exceeds expectations.

What has changed for the better?

It's the mixture of three factors: The series of scoring last-minute goals further boosted self-confidence and the already great mentality.

The players believe in their ability to turn a match until the last moment and do it with incredible regularity.

The Frankfurt professionals went into the duels and pressing with a completely different level of aggressiveness than in the weeks of the boring 1: 1 series.

In addition, the return of Makoto Hasebe has brought that little bit of ball security into the game structure, from which all players benefit.

Not only because a surprising through pass opened up a chance for them to score, even the old Japanese rarely succeeds. With his clever delays and evasive maneuvers before he plays, Hasebe succeeds in relieving his colleagues of the pressure. He waits for them to break away from their opponents. In the 1-0 win against Union it was clear to see how almost every Eintracht professional was looking for the "Methuselah" in the team. If it didn't go on, the ball came to Hasebe. And he was sure of that.

However, this was only true as long as the encounter was normal.

Eintracht reacted to the surprising equalization of Kruse with an overzealousness that could almost be called blindly furious.

As admirable as the irrepressible effort after Thursday's Europa League efforts against Antwerp was, until the happy end at the last minute, Eintracht had no clear scoring chance in the last half hour, although the Frankfurt Furies, one of the most athletic teams in the League, Union militantly dominated.

The mixture and the balance at Eintracht are still not quite right.

But if she manages to bring a little more Hasebe into her game, then the league will have to fear her even more than it already does at the moment.