A blocked ball that goes too far forward, Randal Kolo Muani throws himself and crushes Zambo Anguissa’s ankle in front of the referee’s eyes: direct red. If the card could seem severe at real speed, there is no photo in slow motion, with an indisputable dangerous game from the French vice world champion, who let his partners from Eintracht Frankfurt bow (0-2) at home against Naples on Tuesday, with a Champions League quarter-final return to the tunes of Impossible mission for the Germans, who will be deprived of the French striker.
Dominant and logical winner on the lawn of the Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Naples took a very good option by winning in Germany (2-0), thanks in particular to the inevitable Victor Osimhen.
“deserved loss”
This success of the players of Luciano Spalletti offers them a good margin for the return match in three weeks in the Diego-Armando-Maradona stadium, where Eintracht Frankfurt, winner of the Europa League last season, will be forced to the exploit.
“It was a deserved defeat. We started well, but we did not know how to capitalize and on errors we were sanctioned, ”reacted Oliver Glasner, the coach of Eintracht Frankfurt. “With the red card, it was even more difficult and Napoli mastered it. Congratulations to them for this 2-0 advantage at half-time in this round of 16. We are not going to the Maradona stadium as tourists. At 2-0, the game can be turned around. There are small details that are immediately sanctioned against a team like Napoli. There were too many mistakes on our part, but Napoli provoked them with high pressure. (On the exclusion of Kolo Muani) We have to accept the red card. Kolo will focus on the next Bundesliga matches. »