Eintracht went second in the Bundesliga for 19 hours after the league’s hardest-working team triumphed again
It was short, but oh so sweet. For 19 hours following their 2-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday, Eintracht Frankfurt were second in the Bundesliga, with just Bayern Munich ahead of them. It wouldn’t last, of course, with Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke and the other riders in a sub-champion field still to play, but Die Adler were determined to make the most of their “one-night stand”, as sporting director Fredi Bobic put it after.
“I said before the game,” Bobic continued, “that if we win, we have to take a picture and frame it.” Maybe, in a season where no credible challenger to Bayern has emerged – Jupp Heynckes’s side remain 16 points clear after their 5-2 win over Hoffenheim – that photo might quickly become superfluous. While Leverkusen and Schalke’s burgeoning resurrections under new coaches have been widely celebrated in rare seasons without the distraction of European competition, Niko Kovac has quietly compiled a very competitive side who, it appears after Friday’s win, have no intention of repeating last season’s mistakes.
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What.A.Goal.
20-year-old Leon Bailey simply can't stop producing quality and he was at it again today pic.twitter.com/4BuNEFvuet
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern Munich 5-2 Hoffenheim, Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Freiburg, Cologne 1-1 Augsburg, RB Leipzig 1-1 Hamburg, Stuttgart 0-2 Schalke, Werder Bremen 0-0 Hertha Berlin, Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Mainz, Hannover 0-1 Wolfsburg
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