New football season, new role for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Now the team of coach Oliver Glasner is the hunted.

Everyone wants to outsmart the Europa League winner in sporting terms.

Eintracht, which is represented in the Champions League, will have to increase their number of strokes.

Have to be prepared for more resistance.

The team is ready for it.

Those responsible, with sports director Markus Krösche, sports director Ben Manga and trainer Glasner, have put together a promising team that has fueled the spirit of optimism in the area.

The team has gained quality at the top and in width.

In almost all positions, the competition is currently fierce.

The variability in the squad has increased, the Frankfurters have become more unpredictable for the opponent.

The Hessians will be able to pick up more speed, especially in the attacking game.

Above all, Randal Kolo Muani, who came from FC Nantes, and Faride Alidou (Hamburger SV) are sprinters who bring Zug into play.

And with Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), Eintracht now has a striker in the penalty area who can bring Filip Kostic's crosses to a grand conclusion with his executioner's skills.

The team is well coordinated

It remains uncertain whether Kostic, who is being courted by West Ham United, will stay.

If that caused internal unrest, at least so far it hasn't leaked out.

The team fought the approximately five-week pre-season with great concentration and a great deal of enthusiasm.

Glasner emphasizes that the success of the previous season has not gone to his players' heads.

They seem to know that it would be grossly negligent to carelessly jeopardize what has been achieved.

The fact that the team is so well attuned can be a great trump card for Eintracht.

None of the first 15 players left the club.

And with the transfer of the king Mario Götze, there is now a proven playmaker in the ranks who, in top form, brings great moments of surprise to the Frankfurt game.

The 2014 World Champion is modest in his new workplace and has settled in well.

Coach and team are aiming high in the first game year after winning the international title.

Krösche wants to play with Eintracht for the European places and would like to "play regularly internationally".

Eintracht laid the foundations for the continuation of their success story.

Now action must follow in a new role.