Rafael Borré shot the ball powerfully into the Leverkusen goal.

But the Eintracht striker didn't raise his arms in celebration.

As with the five goals before, there was no storm of applause from the Frankfurt audience in the World Cup arena either.

Borré's goal was ignored last Saturday because the Bundesliga duel was long over.

On a whim, the attacker aimed at the goal when it no longer counted.

George Daniels

Editor in the sports department

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A good ten minutes earlier, Borré could have had his much-needed sense of achievement.

In a promising shooting position, he had the 5:1 on his feet after a clever pass from Mario Götze.

However, the altruistic Colombian passed the ball on to Lucas Alario, who scored his first goal of the season (86th minute).

Oliver Glasner was “madly happy” about the example of “cohesion” on the pitch.

Rafael only got a few minutes himself.

A striker wants to score goals.

And what is Rafael doing?

Crosses so that Lucas can still score against his former club.” From the perspective of the enthusiastic Eintracht coach, the exemplary joint action had led to the “most beautiful goal” of the day.

Borré took the criticism to heart

The practiced team spirit showed Glasner three days before the DFB Cup second round game this Tuesday (6 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the DFB Cup and on Sky) at the Stuttgarter Kickers that Borré took the criticism leveled at him to heart.

That the conversation that had become necessary between the Colombian and the coach was crowned with success.

In Frankfurt's Champions League game last week against Tottenham (2: 3), Borré made a rather listless appearance after being substituted on.

The Colombian showed everyone how dissatisfied he is with his supporting role and the short playing times this season.

Glasner brought up a certain understanding for the behavior of the obviously insulted Borré.

"It is completely human that this situation concerns him," said the coach on Monday at the press conference before the cup game.

However, the team's success should never be compromised, the football coach had already made clear in London.

After returning to the Main, Glasner proved his psychological skills in dealing with his professionals.

It was Borré "it was good that we talked a little longer," said Glasner.

The meeting confirmed that the Colombian was "a great guy".

Although Borré competes with Argentinian Alario for valuable minutes behind seeded Randal Kolo Muani, the Colombian put his own advancement on the back burner against Leverkusen in front of a large crowd.

“Everyone grants the other a goal.

Everyone grants the other the best performance” – Glasner went to bed on Saturday, as he emphasized, “extremely satisfied”.

And Borre?

He has to keep waiting for his chance.

For him, the matter has become a great game of patience.

The Colombian, who is said to be thinking of emigration, will in all likelihood not be the first choice in the meeting with the fifth division club from the Stuttgart district of Degerloch.

If all players are fit, Frankfurt would play with their "best line-up," Glasner announced.

"It would be the completely wrong approach to see it as a chore or as a game to test." So Frankfurt's starting line-up will be upgraded by the new Eintracht king in attack, Kolo Muani, whose record so far has three goals and six assists (league best ) adorn.

Important pillars in the offensive department are also Daichi Kamada, Jesper Lindström and Mario Götze.

There is therefore no longer any room for Borré in the circle of the main actors, who in the previous season had often had to play the tireless solo entertainer at the forefront.

And who probably would not have dreamed about five months ago that he would only be in demand as a joker in his second first division season.

In May, the 1.74 meter tall Borré made a significant contribution to winning the Europa League against Glasgow Rangers on the big stage: with his goal to make it 1-1 and finally with his finally converted penalty in the penalty shoot-out.

Since then, the Colombian, who also scored in the encounters against Barcelona (3-2) and West Ham United (1-0), has been the hero of Seville.

Only now an unfortunate one, because its importance has decreased rapidly after the high flight.

Borré was substituted on six times in ten Bundesliga games and was never in the first eleven in the four Champions League games.

In the last round, on the other hand, his 45 competitive appearances brought him over 3,500 minutes of playing time.

He scored twelve goals and eight assists across all competitions.

Today his stats include only one goal and two assists, one of them in the DFB Cup first round match in Magdeburg (4-0).

On August 1st in Saxony-Anhalt, Borré was still in the first group.

A good two and a half months later, he has lost his status as a fixture.

If he scored as a substitute this Tuesday in Stuttgart, it would only be a small gain for Borré.

After winning the European Cup, he was praised to the skies - as the "little big one".

Those days are over.