Europa League – Frankfurt vs Betis: SGE bagged themselves a one goal lead at Seville. After they won the away leg 1-2. The club were happy to hold on to draw in the home leg on Thursday that saw very few shots on targets from either side.
The hosts nearly succeeded by completing a goalless game but Borja Iglesias’ 90th minute opener ruined it. Thus the contest went into extra time. It was another half an hour of goalless action. However, Guido Rodriguez’ own goal prevented the game from going into penalties.
Thus the fixture concluded 1-1 on the night. Eintracht Frankfurt proceeded to the quarter finals with a 3-2 score on aggregate.
Europa League – Frankfurt vs Betis: Match report
Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp; Tuta, Hinteregger, Ndicka; Knauff, Sow, Jakic, Kostic; Kamara, Lindstrøm, Borre.
Subs: Lammers, Rode, Hauge, Paciência.
Goal: Guido Rodriguez 120+1’ (OG).
Real Betis: Rui Silva; Sabaly, Pezzella, Bartra, Juan Miranda; Guido Rodriguez, Canales; Joaquín, Fekir, Ruibal; Willian José.
Subs: Juanmi, Borja Iglesias, William Carvalho, Lainez, Rodri.
Goal: Borja Iglesias 90’.
Post-match reaction reaction
Eintracht Frankfurt’s Oliver Glasner: “In the 119th minute I was already thinking about the penalty shootout. What happened next was amazing, you had the feeling that the whole stadium wanted to celebrate on the pitch! We were actually under control beforehand, but in the end we were losing a little bit.”
Eintracht Frankfurt’s Kevin Trapp: “The Europa League has become a specialty for us. You can feel it again in the stadium today. 25,000 fans felt like 50,000! We showed that we can challenge the big teams. We are in the Europa League unbeaten this season, so why not make it to the final?”
Real Betis’ Manuel Pellegrini: “Of course it is very emotional when you score a goal yourself in the last minute of normal time and then concede in the last minute. But this is football and that is why it is the most popular sport in the world. I am proud of the team, we did not miss it today, but unfortunately in earlier in the first leg.”
