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TSG lose to Frankfurt
Personnel & tactics:
First appearance and first start for Chris Richards: the loan signing from the record champions was one of three changes to the team that lost 4-1 to FC Bayern. Joining him in the back three protecting goalkeeper Oliver Baumann was the returning Kevin Vogt and Stefan Posch, with Marco John and Mijat Gaćinović keeping their places out wide. Head coach Sebastian Hoeness stuck with the same midfield of Sebastian Rudy, Diadie Samassékou and Christoph Baumgartner, while Ishak Belfodil replaced Ihlas Bebou and started alongside Andrej Kramarić in attack.
TSG made a double substitution at the interval, with Pavel Kadeřábek and Ihlas Bebou coming on for Gaćinović and Baumgartner. Bebou played alongside Belfodil up front, with Kramarić now operating from midfield. Samassékou made way for Florian Grillitsch with 20 minutes left on the clock. In the closing stages, Sebastian Hoeness went all out attack and brought on Munas Dabbur for Posch (83).
Moment of the game:
Frankfurt's two-goal salvo: TSG made a bright start to the second period and rewarded themselves with the equaliser, but the Eagles scored twice within 90 seconds between the 62nd and 64th minutes to seal the win.
Number of the game: 8
The equaliser was Ihlas Bebou's eighth goal involvement this term (four goals and four assists). That's the most the Togo international, who was making his 50th Bundesliga appearance for TSG Hoffenheim against Frankfurt, has ever managed in a single season.
Line-ups:
TSG Hoffenheim: Baumann – Posch (Dabbur, 83), Vogt, Richards – Gaćinović (Kadeřábek, 46), Rudy, Samassékou (Grillitsch, 70), John – Baumgartner (Bebou, 46) – Belfodil, Kramarić
Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp – Tuta, Hinteregger, Ndicka – Durm (Toure, 84), Sow, Hasebe (Rode, 73), Kostic – Kamada (Zuber, 84), Younes (Jovic, 73) – Silva (Ilsanker, 89)
Goals: 0-1 Kostic (15), 1-1 Bebou (47), 1-2 Ndicka (62), 1-3 Silva (64)
Match highlights
TSG are hit on the counter. Younes plays in Kostic down the left and he sprints into the box before slotting into the far corner with a low left-footed shot.
What a brilliant goal by Bebou! The substitute receives the ball from Kramarić and dribbles past Hasebe and Hinteregger before finding the far corner with a left-footed shot from a tough angle. All within two minutes of coming on.
What a start to the second half: John is played in down the left and picks out Belfodil. The forward takes the cross on the volley and is only a matter of centimetres away from making it 2-1.
TSG are caught napping from a free-kick. Ndicka runs in completely unmarked and heads the ball into the corner.
That was too easy. Kostic is afforded too much space on the left following a counter-attack and he crosses towards Silva, who heads home from close range at the back post.
TSG have a chance to pull a goal back: Kadeřábek crosses towards the totally unmarked Kramarić, but he leans back and fires over the bar.
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