In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final in the early morning of March 10, Eintracht Frankfurt from the Bundesliga beat Real Betis 2-1 away from home to take the lead in the two-legged knockout round of the Europa League.
Europa League: Real Betis 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
The game had just begun, With Betis's long pass from the back to the front, Canales' shot from inside the box, the ball was picked up by goalkeeper Trapp. In the 4th minute, Lindström received a pass from Kostic and fired a volley from outside the box to shoot the ball high. In the 13th minute of the game, Kostic received a pass from Sawy, adjusted near the line of the large penalty area on the left, hoisted the ball towards the far post of the goal, goalkeeper Bravo was unable to reach the ball, the ball rubbed the underside of the goal crossbar into the net, Frankfurt took the lead to take a 1-0 lead.
Betis, who was trailing at home, then stepped up his attack until the 29th minute, when Fekir received a pass from Canales and dribbled the ball into the box from the right rib, Fekir took the ball laterally inside the box to escape the defense, and scored in the bottom left corner of the goal, Betis pulled the score to 1-1.
However, just a minute later, Edgar made a mistake in the back pass, the ball was stopped by Saweu, Lindström took the ball into the box, inverted the triangle low pass, the middle of the road Kamada Daichi easily pushed the ball into the Bettis goal, after half-time, Frankfurt led 2-1 Betis.
The game entered the second half, and although Eintracht Frankfurt appeared to be a bit passive in the field, it was very threatening in terms of counterattack, and unfortunately Borre repeatedly missed scoring opportunities. In the 50th minute, Lindström received the ball in front of him and took the ball into the box, and when he crossed the ball across the bottom line, the ball hit the hand of Ruiwal who was falling to the ground, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty. Borre took a penalty to deflect the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal and Betis goalkeeper Bravo pounced in the right direction to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Betis quickly advanced forward, and Castlees stepped in to receive a pass from his teammate and pushed the ball inside the box to deflect the ball. In the 63rd minute, Tuta successfully broke the ball in front of the box, passed the ball into the box in front of the box, and After Bore inserted the ball obliquely, the shot facing Bravo was saved. In the 66th minute, Frankfurt's midfielder broke the ball, Kamada Received the ball in the penalty area, his heels slammed the ball to Borre, the unguarded Borre shot at a good angle, and goalkeeper Bravo saved the ball. In the 76th minute, Canales received the ball inside the box, turned and shot at goal, and goalkeeper Trapp confiscated the ball. After four minutes of stoppage time, Eintracht Frankfurt finally beat Real Betis 2-1 away.
In the first-leg Europa League elimination with Betis, Eintracht Frankfurt is inferior to Real Betis at home, both in terms of control of the ball and in creating a threatening attack. Frankfurt was able to win away from home, relying entirely on a sharp counter-attack, Kostic's bizarre hanging shot, Kamada's land running position, allowing Frankfurt to win 2-1 as desired. Frankfurt's only regret is that in the second half, Borre won many good opportunities, but failed to seize it, failed to end this round of Europa League knockout rounds in advance, and frankfurt still could not be careless in the home battle in the second leg.