Frankfurt, November 28 (BNA): Ivan Ndica scored the winning goal in extra time to give Eintracht Frankfurt a 2-1 victory over Union Berlin, after he earlier missed a penalty to send Union back to the Bundesliga match on Sunday. .
The French central defender joined a recent desperate attack as Frankfurt sought the winning goal in the 95th minute and jumped high in the crowd to meet Philippe Costek’s cross from deep and head past goalkeeper Andreas Loth, to seal Frankfurt’s twelfth place victory in the league. From a disappointing season so far.
Frankfurt dominated the first half in front of the Al Ittihad team, which struggled to enter the match, and opened the scoring through Gabriel Sow’s powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area in the 22nd minute.
The hosts could easily have scored two or three more goals before the break if not for their poor shot, especially in the evidence when Rafael Bury smashed Philip Kostik’s cross over the bar from close range.
Frankfurt appeared to have paid the price when Ndica ousted Al Ittihad striker Taiwo Ouni, allowing Kroos to convert the resulting penalty in the 62nd minute. Ndica substituted himself with a late header, Frankfurt’s fifth goal in extra time in six games in all competitions.
The match was played in front of an audience, shortly before the Bundesliga held its first match in months without fans when Leipzig played for Bayer Leverkusen.
The state of Saxony, the birthplace of Leipzig, is imposing strict restrictions on sporting events as a result of the high numbers of coronavirus cases in the region. Five players and four employees in Leipzig have also been quarantined after testing positive for the virus.
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