The European Cup winner has made a successful start to the DFB Cup. Eintracht Frankfurt won easily at 1. FC Magdeburg. Mario Götze played well.
With 4:0 (2:0) the Bundesliga team kept the upper hand against the promoted team in the 2nd division in the sold-out arena in Magdeburg with 26,000 spectators. Daichi Kamada scored two goals, Mario Götze put in a strong performance on his competitive debut for Hessen.
“Winning 4-0 here in the witches’ cauldron was really good”said Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner on the microphone of the sports show, who also had a few things to complain about, for example: “We were too prone to counterattacks. That should be mentioned, even if it was the first competitive game.”
Attractive initial phase
In some games, reporters’ notebooks remain blank for a long time. On Monday (08/01/2022) in Magdeburg, a page should have been full after just under eight minutes.
The first notable scene resulted in a goal, and that was initiated by a world champion. Mario Götze, who returned to the Bundesliga from PSV Eindhoven, sent on Filip Kostić on the left. Following the proven pattern, it led the Serbs to near the baseline. The back pass to the penalty area was pushed by Daichi Kamada, who is thinking alongside Djibril in defensive midfield into the bottom left corner (4th).
Trapp saves penalty, margin on the crossbar
The wild ride continued a good 100 seconds later in the Frankfurt penalty area. Leonardo Scienza sped past Tuta, who tripped him. Referee Felix Zwayer awarded a penalty. Andreas Müller failed with a weak attempt on Kevin Trapp, but the promoted team in the 2nd division was offered a margin. Leon Bell, who once played for FSV Frankfurt, only hit the top of the bar (7th).
After half an hour, the winner of the Europa League showed how it works better with the margin. Goalkeeper Dominik Reimann saved a shot from Ansgar Knauff from close range. In front of the penalty area, Lindström quickly adjusted the rebound and then hit the top left corner with perfect shooting technique to make it 2-0. Götze had played the through pass to Knauff, who acted very variably in attacking midfield.
In injury time of the first half, Knauff was again free in front of the Magdeburg goal. But he initially missed the shot, then after half a turn he just hit the bar.
Kwarteng hesitates too long
Even after the change of sides, things started up again. FCM had a very good chance to connect, but Moritz Kwarteng waited too long to shoot, which was then blocked (50′).
The Magdeburg team started the second division with a narrow home defeat against Fortuna Düsseldorf and an away win at Karlsruher SC. Christian Titz’s team also showed a committed, courageous and decent performance on Monday.
potential for distraction
But the Frankfurters were simply better and took the game very seriously, although they have enough distraction potential. On Friday, the SBU is expecting the champions FC Bayern Munich at the start of the Bundesliga, on the following Wednesday it will play the European Supercup against Real Madrid, the winner of the Champions League, in Helsinki.
The last doubts about progressing in the national cup were cleared by Kamada, who in this case deliberately shot the ball into the lower right corner and made it 3-0 (59th).
After that, both teams had more chances, but Magdeburg lacked consistency. Instead, substitute Lucas Alario made it 4-0 for harmony and thus the final score.