Conference League
Despite being out of Europe: job guarantee for Eintracht trainers
The head coach of the Bundesliga soccer team Eintracht Frankfurt: Dino Toppmöller runs across the field. photo
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Eintracht Frankfurt has been without a win in five competitive games and has been eliminated from European competition. Nevertheless, coach Toppmöller still seems to enjoy the trust of those in charge.
Despite the disappointing elimination in the second round of the Conference League and the negative series of five competitive games without a win, Dino Toppmöller has one for the time being Received a job guarantee as coach of the Bundesliga football club Eintracht Frankfurt.
“He’s doing a good job and trying to develop the team further. Even if it was a step backwards today,” said Frankfurt’s sports director Markus Krösche late on Thursday evening after the 1:2 (0:0) against the Belgian top team Union Saint-Gilloise and reiterated the question of whether the club would continue with Toppmöller: “Of course.”
Krösche: “We have to show a different face”
At the same time, Krösche criticized the team for their poor performance in front of 57,300 spectators, some of whom stormed into the interior of the stadium after the final whistle. “We can’t play football like we did in the first half. We have to be so self-critical that it wasn’t Eintracht Frankfurt international and not what we basically imagine,” said the 43-year-old.
Krösche demanded a significant increase for the upcoming tasks. “We have to show a different face and bring a lot more intensity to the pitch,” he said. It is now important to focus fully on the championship: “We were eliminated in the DFB Cup, we were eliminated in the Conference League – now it counts in the Bundesliga. We have to do everything we can to ensure that we can compete internationally again next season play.”
Eintracht is currently in sixth place in the table, which entitles them to take part in an international competition. “We want to get European Cup nights again next season through the Bundesliga,” said Toppmöller, announcing the goal. The next task is on Sunday in the home game against VfL Wolfsburg.