Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting’s first rival in the Champions League, won its second consecutive victory in the German soccer championship on Saturday, after beating Leipzig 4-0 on matchday five of the competition.
The host team came into the break winning 2-0, with goals from the Japanese Daichi Kamada, in the 16th minute, and Sebastian Rode, in the 22nd, increasing the advantage in the second half, from the Brazilian Tuta, in the 67th minute, and the Colombian Rafael Borre., at 84, from a penalty.
After a ‘false start’, in which they were thrashed 6-1 by Bayern Munich and conceded two draws, Frankfurt got the second consecutive victory, in counterpoint with Leipzig, so the international striker André Silva entered in the 74th minute to the place. of Timo Werner, who broke a streak of two consecutive wins.
Four days after receiving Sporting, on the opening day of Group D of the ‘Champions’, Eintracht rose to ninth place in the championship, along with Borussia Mönchengladbach (seventh) and Werder Bremen (eighth), while the Leipzig ranks 11th.
Hours earlier, Freiburg had joined Borussia Dortmund at the top of the German League, beating Bayer Leverkusen, FC Porto’s rival in Group B of the Champions League, 3-2, also taking advantage of the 1-1 draw between Bayern Munich and Bayern Munich. Union Berlin, former commanders.
The team from the capital, opponent of Sporting Braga in the Europa League, stopped the German champion, who conceded the second draw in a row to the Bavarians in the championship, a week after having obtained the same result in the reception against Mönchengladbach.
In Berlin, the host team took an early lead, in the 12th minute, with striker Sheraldo Becker scoring, but Bayern leveled shortly after, in the 15th minute, through strategist Joshua Kimmich.
Bayern, who this season lost Polish striker Robert Lewandowski to FC Barcelona, have dropped to third place in the Bundesliga, with the same points as Union Berlin, both with two less than Freiburg and Dortmund, winners of the opening match of the day. round, on Friday, 1-0, against Hoffenheim.
Freiburg even lost at Leverkusen, after Kerem Demirbay’s goal, in the 16th, but turned it around at the start of the second half, in the short space of three minutes, through Matthias Ginter, in the 48th, and Michael Gregoritsch, at 51
Bayer, who are in a modest 13th place, still managed to restore a new tie, in the 65th minute, with an accurate goal from Patrik Schick, before the visitors secured the coveted victory, thanks to a goal scored by the substitute Ritsu Doan. , 72.
Cologne climbed to fifth place, tied with Hoffenheim, after beating Wolfsburg 4-2, while Werder Bremen beat red lantern Bochum 2-0, with a ‘bis’ from Niclas Fullkrug, and Stuttgart — with the Portuguese Tiago Tomás as the starter—. A substitute was used, and Schalke 04 drew 1-1.
Source: Observadora
