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Last Updated: March 11, 2024, 00:30 IST
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Eintracht Frankfurt celebrated its one hundred and twenty fifth birthday with a 31 win over nineman Hoffenheim on Sunday as Mario Götze scored one objective and arrange one other.
BERLIN: Eintracht Frankfurt celebrated its one hundred and twenty fifth birthday with a 3-1 win over 9-man Hoffenheim on Sunday as Mario Götze scored one objective and arrange one other.
Frankfurt’s followers marked the event with an enormous tifo exhibiting the membership eagle, whereas the gamers wore particular jerseys celebrating the membership landmark.
The guests had John Brooks despatched off within the twenty second minute and Ozan Kabak adopted together with his second yellow card within the 78th.
Brooks’ sending off modified the sport. The American defender headed Hoffenheim right into a sixth-minute lead, then noticed a crimson card for bringing down Omar Marmoush when the Egypt ahead would have been by on objective.
Marmoush laid the ball again for Robin Koch to equalize within the thirty second, and Götze struck the submit as Frankfurt pushed for extra earlier than the break.
The lead got here shortly after it, when Götze crossed for Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe to move inside the highest left nook within the fiftieth.
Götze sealed the win within the sixty fourth and it received worse for Hoffenheim when Kabak noticed his second yellow card for a foul on Frankfurt substitute Hugo Ekitiké.
Freiburg earlier held on to beat Bochum 2-1 away.
The sport had barely began when referee Marco Fritz needed to cease it as a result of there was an excessive amount of smoke from Bochum followers’ pyrotechnics behind one of many objectives.
Freiburg’s Maximilian Eggestein scored within the thirty sixth from shut vary after Michael Gregoritsch headed on Kiliann Sildillia’s cross, and Gregoritsch headed in Ritsu Doan’s cross for two-0 within the 53rd.
Ivan Ordets replied 9 minutes later with a header to a nook however the guests withstood Bochum’s efforts to equalize.
Bayer Leverkusen can restore its 10-level lead with a win at house towards Wolfsburg later Sunday.
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