At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 6, a match in the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals began to be contested, and Frankfurt faced West Ham United at home. Frankfurt was lined up in a 343 formation for the match. Trapp served as the starting goalkeeper. Tuta, Hintereg and Ndica paired up at 3 defenders. Knauf, Saw, Rod and Kostic form a 4-midfield. The combined offensive trident of Heyug, Borre, and Kamada Daichi joined forces. West Ham United were in a 4231 formation, with Antonio at the top and Fornals, Lancini and Bowen starting out.
Just eight minutes into the game, Eintracht Frankfurt was hit, Hintreg was injured and could not hold on, was replaced, and Almami Toure came on as a substitute. In the 19th minute, West Ham United suffered a heavy blow and cress verla was fouled and was sent off directly by the referee for a direct red card as he was the last defender. This forced West Ham to fight with one less man early. The balance of the game began to tilt towards Eintracht Frankfurt. Kostic took a free-kick and he shot straight at goal, slightly off the right upright.
Moyes had to make a substitution in the 22nd minute, and Lancini was replaced by Ben Johnson to strengthen the defense. However, four minutes later, West Ham still conceded the ball! Knauf sent an inverted triangle back pass near the right bottom line, and the middle was directly pumped by the empty Borre, and the ball was entered into the net. Frankfurt is ahead! In the 42nd minute, Ndeka put a shovel on the wing and brought down Antonio, which gave him a yellow card. A minute later, Zuma's close-range shot was deflected by Ndica in front of goal, which was so thrilling! At half-time, Frankfurt led 1-0.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 49th minute, Borre attempted a long-range shot from the periphery, but without kicking strength, the goalkeeper pounced on the side to confiscate the ball. In the 59th minute, Craig Dawson nodded the ball inside the penalty area, the ball bounced off the ground and flew towards the goal, and the goalkeeper steadily picked the ball off. In the 66th minute, Rod was shown a yellow card by the referee for a foul on the tackler. In the 74th minute, Moyes sent Benrahma to replace Fornals.
Four minutes later, Moyes was sent off with a red card for clashing with the opposing coaching bench. In the 82nd minute, The Paxiancia volleyed in the middle of the penalty area and deflected it. In the end, Frankfurt defeated West Ham United 1-0, eliminating West Ham United 3-1 on aggregate over two legs to reach the final. The home fans ran into the arena to celebrate wildly, and such a scene was really explosive.
Frankfurt's big dark horse can reach the final is unexpected, especially on the way to the promotion to eliminate a top team like Barcelona, it is not easy. This also allowed Eintracht Frankfurt to set a record for 42 years of team history. Eintracht Frankfurt reached the European final again in 42 years, becoming the first German team to reach the final during both the UEFA Cup and the Europa League. Frankfurt will play rangers in the final, can they win the championship? See!