The guests from Hesse didn't have enough.

It had become uncomfortable in the evening in the north of Munich, snow grits set in and an icy wind blew through the arena in Fröttmaning, which was quickly abandoned by many visitors whose hearts were set on FC Bayern.

Immediately after the final whistle of the game, which had not found a winner at 1:1, the stadium management sonicated the wide circle with Bavarian fan hits from the tape - but from the supporters of Eintracht, who sang and cheered by the thousands high up under the roof, lightly were drowned out.

Marc Heinrich

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The Frankfurt team, wrapped up in jackets that were quickly handed out by the helpers, was concerned and at the same time visibly pleased not to rush directly into the warm cabin, but to experience the happy celebration at close range and thus get away from the corner flag in front of the east stand with gestures to show appreciation for the previous support.

This point gain, as all Frankfurt reactions made clear, was a special one because it achieved two things: On the one hand, the defending champion was wrested a draw, which means that the table leader with 37 points is five points ahead, but he is more than ever with the hot breath of unity in the neck must reckon.

In addition, everyone was able to reassure themselves that if they continue to work with this assignment, they don't have to be afraid of any opponent - and that is at the beginning of a sporting year in which both the Bundesliga business and the DFB Cup and the competition in the Champions League offer a variety of opportunities to achieve great success, an extremely gratifying certainty that also stimulates the imagination.

No competitive defeat for a long time

“That was a great performance from my players today.

Tactically, they implemented everything we set out to do," said Glasner at the end of an English week in which they had remained undefeated.

He and his team haven't had to deal with the feeling of losing a competitive game for a long time.

Borussia Dortmund last managed to bring Frankfurt to their knees 3-2 at the end of October, since then there have been (partial) successes in seven matches.

“At the back you even had the feeling that something was still up in the air.

But I'm totally fine with the point.

We made it much more difficult for Bayern than in the first leg.

We stuck to our plan.

The boys are slowly getting into the flow,” emphasized the coach.

The players in whom he puts his trust are always "ready to push their limits," the 48-year-old said, and then, after some of the questions he wanted to elicit as to whether Eintracht might be ready for the championship title, issued a statement that was tantamount to an official announcement that reflected a maximum of calmly matured confidence: “That was another step forward.

We will definitely have another great season and we'll see what happens at the end of May."

In any case, the seed for a productive harvest has been sown.

Defensively, the allocation was better this time than in Freiburg (1:1) and against Schalke (3:0), so that they made the tricks of the Munich magician's apprentice Jamal Musiala more difficult and stopped Joshua Kimmich's chip balls behind the chain.

Because both Jesper Lindström and Mario Götze were oriented towards the back due to their constant willingness to run, Eintracht managed to condense the middle.

Kolo Muani completed

Even after Leroy Sané (34') made it 1-0 to FC Bayern, who purposefully converted a counterattack, Glasner's staff didn't get nervous.

But on the contrary.

At the latest after the change of sides, the collective realization matured that “something is possible today”, as Sebastian Rode said.

"We defended well and kept putting in the shots," said the veteran, who took matters into his own hands as midfield principal for about an hour, and that gave him the courage and conviction "that we'll score here too".

It was Randal Kolo Muani who, in the 69th minute, completed an attempt to equalize initiated by Götze and then accelerated by substitute Daichi Kamada.

He prevailed in a one-on-one duel against his much more powerful French national team colleague Dayot Upamecano and hit the corner flat with his left.

It was the shooting star's seventh goal of the season.

Markus Krösche also believes that the Frankfurt team is “on the right track” with further tailwind.

When taking stock, the sporting director aimed in particular at the recognizable progress on the pitch, which became more and more evident on Saturday after initial difficulties.

The team performance actually looked much more stringent than at the 2021 coup in Munich, where fate had been extremely unfavorable to the people of Munich.

With the restart after the winter break, we managed to “confirm what we showed in the first half of the season,” said Krösche.

Nevertheless, “there are still things” that they have to work on.

"In the first 20 minutes we were too passive, could have attacked more offensively and aggressively," the 42-year-old revealed the high quality standards that connect him with the most important employee of the club.

"We're happy and content," said Glasner before he retired behind the scenes in Munich, "but we'll still be training tomorrow."