It didn't get quite as loud as on Thursday.

But this time it was the Frankfurt supporters who had a good laugh and created a good atmosphere: after the final whistle they cheered the professionals in the black jerseys and gave applause for another respectable success that not too many had expected.

In the win in the Europa League against Betis Sevilla, the final chord was certainly more emotional than the finale in the Leipzig Arena.

Marc Heinrich

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But relief and satisfaction at having pulled themselves out of the affair respectably in this duel was again noticeable to the Frankfurt players.

Exhausted but smiling, they received their applause and even clapped their hands for support from the stands.

With their fighting power, they ensured that RB did not get to the goal as desired - and on Sunday it was the fans of the traditional Hessian club who set the tone in the Saxon spring sun after an entertaining 0-0 lead.

"Of course we know we can play better"

Coach Oliver Glasner's team had their defenses to thank for the goalless draw against the Champions League aspirants.

The last row in front of goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, which when the opponents had possession of the ball was condensed into a chain of five by the indentation of Filip Kostic and Ansgar Knauff, was often under pressure when interacting with the 31-year-old goalkeeper.

However, against the best offensive of the second half of the season (27 goals) they collectively reduced the Red Bulls' individual quality and prevented worse things from happening.

15 shots on goal from Leipzig were still recorded afterwards, plus two goals from aluminum, so that Domenico Tedesco, the coach, was not entirely wrong in stating that this power performance should have brought in more for them.

"Of course we know we can play better.

You noticed the tiredness in many situations,” said Glasner.

But Frankfurt, who at 118 covered four kilometers more than the favorites, defended as a group "with incredible passion", as the Eintracht coach emphasized, and in case of doubt "threw themselves into every ball" in the penalty area.

And if an attacker threatened to wreak havoc, Trapp stood in his way as the last authority and a haven of peace between the posts.

Trapp helps when he needs to help

The goalkeeper has been in excellent form for weeks and is always there when his front men need him.

Glasner spoke of a top performance by the team leader, "like the whole season".

At least since the coup in Munich, when Trapp showed ten spectacular saves with which he helped secure the 2-1, the national goalkeeper is bursting with self-confidence.

He exudes a security that colleagues benefit from because they know that there is someone behind them who can intervene with hand and foot in case of doubt.

Trapp made a worthwhile save against Mohamed Simakan (26th), Daniel Olmo (46th) and Konrad Laimer (62nd).

The coach added that the "great saves" didn't surprise him, because he was well aware from the daily object lesson in training what a first-class penalty area guard Eintracht had.

"We knew that we needed a top goalkeeper if we wanted to take something with us," Glasner said before leaving, "and we had him again." had games.

We wanted to show that what happened on Thursday is already out of our minds today, that we are focused.

You could see that too.” Leipzig had the advantage of being able to start “more rested”, “but they actually only had chances when we made a mistake.

Therefore, the 0:0 in the end is not what

For him, things now continue seamlessly.

There can be no question of an international break, as they like to call it, for Trapp and a dozen Eintracht colleagues;

they are in action with the national teams, Trapp with the DFB against Israel this Saturday in Sinsheim and on Tuesday in Amsterdam against Holland.

National coach Hansi Flick expects information from the friendlies that will guide him when nominating his squad for the World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year.

Whereby Trapp received a first indication.

He was nominated.

His competitor Bernd Leno, with whom he recently always competed for the free place, not.

Then there will be an encounter with Marc-André ter Stegen in the Europa League quarter-finals with FC Barcelona.

For Eintracht sports director Markus Krösche, it cannot be ruled out that Trapp will make up more ground in the race for number two behind Manuel Neuer: "I trust Kevin to do everything." Recently, Trapp has shown that this is quite appropriate.