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Goal Fest in Frankfurt: Union Berlin Stuns Eintracht
Frankfurt am Main witnessed a vibrant and goal-filled match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Union Berlin. Despite Eintracht’s overwhelming ball possession (77%), Union Berlin proved lethal on the counter-attack, surprising the home side with impressive efficiency in front of goal.
Union Berlin opened the scoring early, in the 9th minute, thanks to I. Ansah, assisted by A. Ilic. Shortly after, O. Burke extended the lead in the 32nd minute, also assisted by Ilic. Eintracht responded just before halftime, in the 45th minute, with a goal from N. Brown, assisted by E. Wahi, bringing the score to 1-2 at the break.
In the second half, Union Berlin showcased their finishing prowess. O. Burke became the star of the match by scoring two more goals, in the 53rd and 56th minutes, both assisted by A. Ilic, completing his hat-trick. Eintracht tried to react and managed to narrow the gap with goals from C. Y. Uzun in the 80th minute and J. Burkardt from a penalty in the 87th minute.
The match culminated with several yellow cards for both teams, in addition to a red card for S. Baumgart of Union Berlin in the 89th minute. Union Berlin, with a much lower ball possession (23%), maximized their opportunities and took a valuable victory from Frankfurt. Eintracht, despite generating a large number of shots (18), failed to translate their dominance into goals.
Substitutions eintracht frankfurt: at minute 61 H. Larsson came in and O. Hojlund went out., at minute 61 F. Chaibi came in and A. Knauff went out., at minute 61 J. Bahoya came in and J. Burkardt went out., at minute 69 E. Wahi came in and M. Batshuayi went out., at minute 90 N. Collins came in and A. Amenda went out.
Substitutions union berlin: at minute 72 I. Ansah came in and A. Kemlein went out., at minute 73 C. Trimmel came in and T. Skarke went out., at minute 81 O. Burke came in and Jeong Woo-Yeong went out., at minute 90 D. Kohn came in and A. Schafer went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Eintracht Frankfurt
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