Monday, April 4, 2011

Draw in the basement battle: Daum scores with Magath at Frankfurt "wolves"

Frustration with Felix Magath, breathing with Christoph Daum: In the basement battle in the Bundesliga between VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt was "magician" Magath at the hard-fought 1-1 (0-0) the big loser. The 57-year-old also missed on his second appearance as coach of the Wolves the win with 28 points and slid into deeper Abstiegsnot.

"Motivator" Daum took, on his league comeback the hoped-away point, and led the Hessians with now 32 points to rank 13 Alexander Meier (59), the Hessen surprisingly scored a 1-0 lead before Mario Mandzukic (85) was the deserved compensation. "We conceded a clear offside goal and suffered an unauthorized place to reference.

Given the wrong decisions of the referee, I am glad we have got a point, "said Magath, and Daum praised the idea of fighting his team:" I am very happy with the point at the start. Congratulations to the team. "The fans are accompanying Frankfurter among the 28,000 spectators celebrated the thumb, of the Hessen again gave hope in the battle for the league.

Wolfsburg experienced a bad day. In the 70th Minutes national player Arne Friedrich looked like a fight with Marco Russ the red and yellow card. In the duel of the two worst team in the second half were the hosts for a long time the optically superior team, but in the end showed the great weaknesses of Lower Saxony.

Winter shopping Patrick Helmes failed three times (42./52./55.) Alone before the opponent's case. Magath, who watched the game until conceding mostly abandoned by his bench coach, returned to his home debut at his favorite band back with a diamond midfield and two strikers. Diego in midfield struggled to control the game, but always several opponents were near him.

In the 13th Minutes failed Diego with a placed kick Eintracht keeper Ralf ferryman. Previously, Frankfurt captain Patrick Ochs looked like a foul, the fifth yellow card seen and missing the next game. Daum, who replaced shortly before kick-off its fine thread to a training suit, ran in his first Bundesliga game after nearly two years clearly more excited than Magath on the sidelines back and forth.

The 57-year-old was at first completely on defense and ordered his team to first in a 4-2-3-1 system. "We're very organized, although Wolfsburg is the more cohesive team. We are here heavy pressure ", Frankfurt's president Heribert Bruchhagen said at half time. Before 28,000 spectators, the home side a long time the gate is closer than the score provided in the 8th Minute for the initial excitement.

Midfielder Diego Josue sent with an emotional lift in the room, but the little Brazilian was before rushing out Eintracht keeper Ralf ferryman a step too late. Of harmony for a long time was nothing to see. Striker Theofanis Gekas was in the 18th Minute, a first sign of life from when he tested with a header VfL keeper Diego Benaglio.

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