Eintracht Frankfurt was this Saturday defeated at home by Borussia Dortmund (2-1) days before facing Sporting in Lisbon, a result that left the outsiders in third place in the German Football League, on the day 12.
With the decisive clash in the ‘Champions’ against the ‘lions’ on Tuesday, Eintracht let slip the possibility of climbing to second place in the Bundesliga and will travel to the Portuguese capital with a defeat in the ‘pocket’, in the duel in the one that they will decide your future in the most important European competition.
Without Raphael Guerreiro, injured, Borussia Dortmund, who already have secured the ‘eighth’ of the ‘Champions’, went ahead through Brandt, in the 21st minute, but shortly after, in the 26th, the Japanese Kamada rebounded the tie .
In the second half, the Englishman Bellingham scored again for the Dortmund shield, in the 52nd minute, keeping the result unchanged until the end, with players from both teams ‘catching up’ in added time.
Buta was once again absent from the Frankfurt line-up, again due to injury.
Borussia climbed to third place in the Bundesliga with 22 points, one less than Union Berlin, second with one game in hand, and three less than Bayern Munich, who lead the condition after beating Mainz (6-2).
Eintracht, Sporting’s rival in the sixth and decisive day of Group D of the Champions League, is fifth with 20 points.
Source: TSF
