At the latest since this Thursday it is time to compose a new club song.

After "Im Herzen von Europa" and "Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee", the "Frankfurt Nights" must finally be sung about, which mean so much more to Eintracht football fans than the "Kreuzberg Nights" to the beer-loving Berliners and the rest the republic.

A hymn to the passion, courage and will of the players as well as to the enthusiasm of the audience, which, in interaction with the performances of the professionals, kindle the magic of Thursday's Europa League home games of Eintracht.

In order to beat the still great FC Barcelona, ​​whose real financial worries are no longer reflected on the field thanks to the new coach Xavi, two things should have come together for Frankfurt.

A performance at the limit of one's own capabilities and a favorable course of the game.

What Eintracht could influence, they delivered: an almost perfect game.

She wasn't very lucky: see Sow's unbelievable miss, yellow-red against Tuta and the penalty taken back.

On the other hand, the Catalans struck straight away through Ferran Torres as they managed to create their first and only dream combination.

The 1-1 equalizer was the only moment that showed that the Barcelona squad has 3.5 times the value of the Frankfurt squad.

Not even the fact that the five-time Champions League winner was able to bring world stars like Frenkie de Jong and Ousmane Dembélé onto the pitch as substitutes, while the Hessian Bundesliga ninth player Almamy Touré and Ragnar Ache came on as fresh players, had a lasting effect.

tactics and discipline

Even after Tuta's dismissal, Eintracht didn't start swimming.

A Frankfurt masterpiece of tactics, discipline and willingness to run and suffer.

What's lacking compared to the terrific 2018/19 campaign that ended in Chelsea's dramatic semi-final defeat is individual class up front.

Unthinkable if not Borré had been in the center of the attack, but Haller or Jović.

Still, Borré is as valuable as his predecessors, at least in matches against Barcelona.

The Colombian's tireless pressing on the center line was the basis for his colleagues being able to seal off the midfield almost hermetically.

The 1: 1 did not worsen the chances of the Hessians for the second leg.

If they manage to push themselves to the limit a second time, if they appear a second time with that belief that they can slingshot the giant, then Barcelona will need to deliver more than one dream combination in 90 minutes to stay in contention .

However, it is also clear that the Spaniards are capable of doing so at any time.

No matter how the second leg ends, Eintracht is already the winner of this quarter-final.

She has made her reputation ring across Europe, which will have a positive impact in every respect.