Eintracht Frankfurt News

Liverpool, who lost to Madrid in final of Champions League, earned 120 million euros (Around Rs 1076 crore) UEFA's total Champions League prize fund.

The Germans Eintracht Frankfurt, unbeaten in the competition going into the final and eyeing their first European title since 1980, bounced back as Rafael Borre snuck in between two defenders to turn in a Filip Kostic cross in the 70th.

National Police Chief Juan Carlos Castro said 50,000 Frankfurt fans and up to 100,000 Rangers fans could make it to the city ahead of the final at Sevilla’s Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. 

After sending home heavyweights Barcelona in the quarter-finals, Eintracht Frankfurt players did not want to waste the opportunity presented to them in the UEFA Europa League last four.

Barcelona, pre-match favourites after a first leg 1-1 draw in Germany last week, missed a couple of chances with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but were far less threatening than their opponents who could have added to their tally.

In the other last eight ties, West Ham United battled to a 1-1 home draw versus Olympique Lyonnais despite having Aaron Creswell sent off on the stroke of halftime. 

Borussia Dortmund scored three second-half goals as they crushed Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 in the Bundesliga on Friday to take over second place.

Erik Thommy's late hammer on Sunday evening secured Dusseldorf a much-needed victory over Union to ease their relegation worries after moving up to the relegation play-off spot in 16th place, two points from outright safety, reports Xinhua news agency.

The Ruhr valley club are now in seventh place on 11 points, three behind Bayern Munich who went top of the table after beating Paderborn 3-2.

Dortmund, fresh from their midweek 0-0 draw at home to Barcelona in the Champions League group stage, slipped to third place in the standings.

Frankfurt and Arsenal, who lost to winners Chelsea in the semis and final respectively last season, were joined by Belgian side Standard Liege and Portugal`s Vitoria SC in Group F.

Luka Jovic moved to Real Madrid and Sebastien Haller joined West Ham United in the Premier League and Italian media have reported that Inter and AC Milan were both eager to sign Rebic. 

The Bavarians, who can secure a domestic double if they beat RB Leipzig in the German Cup final on May 25, have now won the German league title a record 29 times.

Goals from Filip Kostic and Sebastian Rode were enough to put them through and they will next face Chelsea, who beat Slavia Prague.

Since joining on loan two years ago as a 19-year-old, Jovic, a target for several top European clubs this season, has quickly established himself as Frankfurt`s goal machine.

The Bundesliga side, who played with 10 men for almost an hour, were in danger of being blown away when Benfica went 4-1 up just after halftime but a second goal by substitute Goncalo Paciencia left the tie more finely balanced for the return.

Inter drew 0-0 in the away leg of the last 16 fixture but never recovered after falling behind to a sixth-minute goal at home as they waved goodbye to their last chance of winning a trophy this season.

Inter Milan went out after a 1-0 home loss to Eintracht Frankfurt who made the last eight along with Napoli, Benfica, Slavia Prague and Spanish sides Valencia and Villarreal.

Borussia Monchengladbach had to wait until Swiss international Zakaria`s fine turn and shot from the edge of the box in the 82nd minute to avoid a second straight loss and lift them to 43 points. 

Frankfurt`s Ante Rebic also hit the post before Bundesliga leading scorer Luka Jovic drew the hosts level in the 36th minute with his 14th goal of the campaign.