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Eintracht goalscorer Omar Marmoush saves a point

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Eintracht Frankfurt's crisis is getting worse.

Coach Dino Toppmöller's team didn't celebrate a single win throughout February; the Hessians saved a late 2-2 (1-2) draw against VfL Wolfsburg in front of their home crowd.

The Wolves, in turn, will remain winless throughout 2024.

The goals for Wolfsburg were scored by Maxence Lacroix (2nd minute) and Kevin Behrens (36th), while Philipp Max (14th) and Omar Marmoush (90th + 2) equalized twice for Eintracht.

Both teams exchanged blows openly in the first half, but there was a lack of accuracy and so the offensive actions often depended on mistakes in the defensive lines.

When Wolfsburg took the lead for the first time, the Frankfurt defense lacked coordination after Maximilian Arnold hit the post, so Lacroix was able to head in free-standing after a cross from Jonas Wind.

Frankfurt equalized because Hugo Ekitiké was only accompanied by three Wolfsburg players during a solo run.

He passed it to Max, who shot from 13 meters, goalkeeper Koen Casteels seemed surprised.

Eintracht then pushed for the opening goal, but Ekitiké (23rd) and Omar Marmoush (28th) finished too hastily.

Instead, winter signing Behrens met for the first time since the end of August (at that time for Union Berlin).

Once again the Frankfurt defense was taken by surprise after a quickly taken free kick.

Bouncy ball protest against Wolfsburg

At the beginning of the second half, the game had to be interrupted for a long time by referee Daniel Schlager because tennis balls and bouncy balls flew onto the lawn from the Frankfurt fan curve.

After the investor deal was canceled by the DFL, it was actually assumed that there would be no further protests from the active fan scene on this match day.

In fact, the Frankfurt supporters had been criticized by other fan groups in recent weeks for barely taking part in the protests.

Now the bouncy balls and balls were specifically aimed at opponents Wolfsburg, which, thanks to an exceptional rule, is wholly owned by Volkswagen AG.

This does not correspond to the 50+1 rule that otherwise applies in German football.

“Investor associations get out of the DFL – shit Wolfsburg” read one banner.

After the seven-minute break, both teams struggled to get back into the game.

Eintracht had the visual advantage, but the hosts hardly had any chances to score.

Substitute Niels Nkounkou once cleared Ansgar Knauff, but his shot from a tight angle went just wide of the goal (69').

Frankfurt are still in sixth place in the table, but after the fourth Bundesliga game in a row without a win, things could get uncomfortable for Toppmöller.

Eintracht had already been eliminated from the Conference League during the week.

Wolfsburg remain in the lower midfield with 25 points and are still worried about relegation.

Krae