The football professionals at Frankfurter Eintracht attach great importance to the division of labor when it comes to scoring goals.

There were three goalscorers in the 3-2 win in Gladbach: Rafael Borré, Jesper Lindstrøm and Daichi Kamada.

Before that against Leverkusen (5: 2), five players each cheered a sense of achievement: Tuta, Lindstrøm, Evan Ndicka, Kristijan Jakić and Djibril Sow.

At Eintracht, diversity is what counts.

Jörg Daniels

Editor in the sports department

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In the Bundesliga, Hessen can boast 13 different goalscorers, in the Europa League there is another one with Almamy Touré. The large number of enforcers across all parts of the team - Tuta and Ndicka are defenders and Jakić and Sow defensive midfielders - is delighted sports director Markus Krösche. “That makes us unpredictable and of course it's good,” he says.

It couldn't be any better for Eintracht at the moment. Suddenly she takes a sporty course for Europe. Forget the cold start, which initially brought the Frankfurters off the planned path. Six and a half weeks ago they were stuck with nine points after ten encounters in the table cellar. Now, six game days later, there are 24 points. Today, Eintracht, who won five of their six previous games, is seventh in the table - tied with the Mainz team, whose opponents are Frankfurt this Saturday (3.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and Sky) in the World Cup arena. The Champions League rank four is also only three points away.

At the moment, Eintracht is the strongest team in the league. In this point, the league leaders Bayern Munich are behind the Hessians. As so often in this round, they converted a deficit into a positive result in Gladbach. "At the moment we just have the run and the mentality to hit back directly," said Kevin Trapp. With parades, the goalkeeper played a major role in Eintracht's ability to defend itself. “If someone got through, Kevin was there” - that's how coach Oliver Glasner summed it up with satisfaction. “With great will and heart, we defended the win at home.” From the 70th minute on, Eintracht had played outnumbered because the Brazilian Tuta had received the yellow-red card.

His superior Glasner attested his club a "fantastic away win". In which the attack department also contributed to the best of its ability. This time all three attacking players met with Borré, Lindstrøm and Kamada. “We are now developing really good chances to score. We have taken another step forward, ”said Krösche, describing the upward trend to which the now practiced combination football has made a significant contribution. Lindstrøm is the top priority in terms of further development. For a long time, the Dane, who weighs only around 65 kilos and is 1.82 meters tall, was also talked about as a sporty lightweight because he didn't get going and showed all kinds of weaknesses. One or the other was already stamping him as a bad purchase.

But Lindstrøm has given the lie to all of its critics. He has scored three Bundesliga goals in the past four games. In Gladbach, the 21-year-old scored the goal to 2: 1 (50th minute) with force, before that he had already given the template to 1: 1 (45th) from Borré. With a performance explosion, Lindstrøm, who came to the Main from Copenhagen for around seven million euros in the summer, has become the man for the decisive moments at Eintracht.

The flyweight was also able to increase its market value with its appearances in the Europa League: it prepared the Frankfurt winning goal twice.

"Jesper has now arrived in the Bundesliga," said Glasner and at the same time pointed to the "increased self-confidence" in his protégé.

From Krösche's point of view, the newcomer has now achieved what was to be expected when taking into account Lindstrøm's great talent: “Jesper has enormous potential.

Young players have to adapt first. ”At Lindstrøm there could have been even more goals in Gladbach if he had resolved every scoring opportunity.

"Jesper could have crowned himself there," said Glasner.