Match Report


Eintracht FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt     Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach
Jan Van TegelenJan Van Tegelen Steve Lowery Steve Lowery
Yuri KolyvanovY. Kolyvanov74
G
1captain
G
85Leonardo VillegasL. Villegas
Bogdan Van VossenB. Van Vossen73
D
2
D
65Nikolas BrücknerN. Brückner
Eddie ThomsonE. Thomson79
D
3
D
65Paul EiltsP. Eilts
Bakary RothB. Roth71
D
captain4
D
66Pascal SchäferP. Schäfer
Talal AbdellaouiT. Abdellaoui78
D
5
M
83Bakary HelmerB. Helmer
Peter LjungbergP. Ljungberg71
M
6
M
78Nikolas VöllerN. Völler
Salvatore CvitanovicS. Cvitanovic76
M
7
M
83Taavi RothoviusT. Rothovius
Guido RedaelliG. Redaelli74
M
8
M
81Florian HelmerF. Helmer
Jakob NielsenJ. Nielsen63
A
9
A
77Rodrigo Da SilvaR. Da Silva
Corey OrtizC. Ortiz82
A
10
A
74Mykhaylo KydalovM. Kydalov
Jeffrey WilsonJ. Wilson79
A
11
A
75Peter StrohmayerP. Strohmayer
 
Christian AddoC. Addo74
M
12
D
64Leon WallnerL. Wallner
Luan SivigliaL. Siviglia71
M
13
M
81Micheal GarciaM. Garcia
Tobias DiakiteT. Diakite86
A
14
A
78Marc OakesM. Oakes

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Match Report
A few clouds cover the sky here at Commerzbank Arena where Eintracht Frankfurt play host to Borussia Mönchengladbach . Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Eintracht Frankfurt are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Borussia Mönchengladbach appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Thomas Sparwasser.


0.00
The first half starts with Borussia Mönchengladbach kicking off!
6.01
Taavi Rothovius chips the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Da Silva. Rodrigo Da Silva knocks in a cross ball towards Mykhaylo Kydalov. Mykhaylo Kydalov makes a deft header. The ball skims just under the bar, beyond the keeper's outstretched hand. Goal!!
9.40
Paul Eilts flicks a high pass forward. Taavi Rothovius controls it well on his chest. Taavi Rothovius kicks a strong pass forward to Peter Strohmayer. Peter Strohmayer shoots from 20 yards. Superb reactions from Yuri Kolyvanov. What a save!
12.15
Peter Ljungberg clumsily knocks into Taavi Rothovius. The referee calls over Peter Ljungberg and warns him to calm down! Taavi Rothovius runs off the knock.
14.07
Guido Redaelli hits a low pass to Jeffrey Wilson. Jeffrey Wilson plays a scrappy one-two with Jakob Nielsen and stumbles forward towards the goal... Jeffrey Wilson shows great control and tries a shot on goal. Leonardo Villegas gathers the ball up comfortably. Well saved!
16.29
Taavi Rothovius flicks the ball to his team mate, Mykhaylo Kydalov. Mykhaylo Kydalov shoots from 20 yards but it misses the target by a large margin!
21.20
Talal Abdellaoui barges into Mykhaylo Kydalov. Talal Abdellaoui is warned by the referee! Mykhaylo Kydalov stretches but gets up unharmed.
21.20
Free kick to Borussia Mönchengladbach just outside the area...
22.24
Peter Strohmayer takes a slow run up and whips a curling shot around the wall. The keeper stretches and manages to keep it out. So close!
26.15
Bogdan Van Vossen makes a probing pass to Peter Ljungberg. Peter Ljungberg hits a low pass to Corey Ortiz. Corey Ortiz lofts in a cross ball towards Jakob Nielsen. Jakob Nielsen outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward. The keeper is on top of it. Excellent save!
27.12
Mykhaylo Kydalov hacks Bakary Roth from behind! The referee warns Mykhaylo Kydalov to calm down! Bakary Roth stretches but gets up unharmed.
33.43
Peter Ljungberg flicks a high pass forward. Jeffrey Wilson collects the pass. Jeffrey Wilson knocks the ball beyond the defensive line but Corey Ortiz is offside!
36.18
Talal Abdellaoui threads a neat ball through to Salvatore Cvitanovic. Salvatore Cvitanovic flicks a high pass forward to Corey Ortiz who brings the ball under control. Corey Ortiz knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Pascal Schäfer.
38.17
Taavi Rothovius flicks a high pass forward. Rodrigo Da Silva collects the pass. Rodrigo Da Silva controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it rises well off target!
40.48
Peter Ljungberg hacks Taavi Rothovius from behind! The referee calls over Peter Ljungberg again and warns him to calm down! Taavi Rothovius runs off the knock.
44.31
Bakary Roth passes the ball forward to Peter Ljungberg. Peter Ljungberg makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jakob Nielsen. Jakob Nielsen knocks in a cross ball towards Corey Ortiz. Corey Ortiz finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head. It smacks hard against the advertising boards behind the goal. Just wide!
45.00
Bakary Roth makes a strong solo run forward. Bakary Roth takes it forward alone. Bakary Roth threads the ball through to Jakob Nielsen but he's offside!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Eintracht Frankfurt appear unchanged since the first half. Borussia Mönchengladbach also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
Eintracht Frankfurt kick off the second half!
51.44
Pascal Schäfer brings the ball forward. Pascal Schäfer flicks the ball to his team mate, Mykhaylo Kydalov. Mykhaylo Kydalov lofts in a cross ball towards Peter Strohmayer. Peter Strohmayer makes a convincing header but is denied by Yuri Kolyvanov. Excellent save.
54.05
Taavi Rothovius controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Rodrigo Da Silva. Rodrigo Da Silva lofts in a cross ball towards Peter Strohmayer. Peter Strohmayer connects with a diving header. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
57.43
Salvatore Cvitanovic kicks a strong pass forward to Jakob Nielsen. Jakob Nielsen plays a scrappy one-two with Jeffrey Wilson and advances towards the goal... Nikolas Brückner comes in with a late challenge on Jakob Nielsen. That's got to be a penalty! No, the referee isn't even looking in that direction!!
60.44
Eintracht Frankfurt have made 2 substitutions with Christian Addo replacing Talal Abdellaoui and Luan Siviglia replacing Guido Redaelli .
63.14
Nikolas Völler kicks a strong pass forward to Peter Strohmayer. Peter Strohmayer whips in a cross ball towards Rodrigo Da Silva. Rodrigo Da Silva directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's there!! Yuri Kolyvanov has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
66.19
Salvatore Cvitanovic deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Jakob Nielsen. Jakob Nielsen lofts in a cross ball towards Jeffrey Wilson. Jeffrey Wilson makes a deft header but Leonardo Villegas is on top of it.
71.54
Nikolas Brückner flicks the ball to his team mate, Nikolas Völler. Nikolas Völler controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Peter Strohmayer. Peter Strohmayer whips in a cross ball towards Rodrigo Da Silva. Rodrigo Da Silva gets a glancing touch on the cross ball. The ball takes a deflection leaving Yuri Kolyvanov with no chance!! Goal for Borussia Mönchengladbach !
77.13
Eintracht Frankfurt have made a substitution with Tobias Diakite replacing Jeffrey Wilson .Borussia Mönchengladbach have made 3 substitutions with Leon Wallner replacing Bakary Helmer, Micheal Garcia replacing Florian Helmer and Marc Oakes replacing Peter Strohmayer .
83.53
Eddie Thomson takes the throw-in. Showing composure, Bakary Roth plays the ball forward to Salvatore Cvitanovic. With some swift thinking, Salvatore Cvitanovic plays the ball forward to Tobias Diakite. Tobias Diakite lofts in a cross ball towards Jakob Nielsen. Jakob Nielsen heads the ball goalwards. The ball skims just under the bar, beyond the keeper's outstretched hand. Goal!!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle

Match Statistics
 

Eintracht Frankfurt

Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goals
1
4
Shots on Target
4
7
Shots off Target
1
2
Offsides
2
0
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
42.9%
57.1%
Play Area
28.6%
44.4%
27%

Scorers
Jakob Nielsen 84
Mykhaylo Kydalov 6
Peter Strohmayer 54
Rodrigo Da Silva 63, 72

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Rodrigo Da Silva of Borussia Mönchengladbach

Match Ratings