With cable ties around his neck
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Activists tie themselves to posts – Frankfurt fails after the game is interrupted
Activists tied themselves to the post.
Photo: dpa/Arne Dedert
updates Frankfurt Two activists caused the Bundesliga game on Sunday between Eintracht Frankfurt and SC Freiburg to be interrupted. They tied their necks to the goalposts. Frankfurt lost the game.
Two activists used the Bundesliga stage for their protest and caused the game between Eintracht Frankfurt and SC Freiburg to be interrupted. Shortly after the kick-off on Sunday, two men dressed in white T-shirts stormed onto the field and tied themselves to the posts in front of Frankfurt’s west curve with cable ties.
Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp spoke briefly to one of those involved, while fans in the stands shouted abuse and booed. When stewards had released the two activists from the post after around four minutes, the game could be continued.
The two men wore white T-shirts that read, “Last Generation. Stop the fossil madness”. They probably wanted to draw attention to climate protection.
A similar form of protest had recently taken place in England during the game between Everton FC and Newcastle United. At that time, a 21-year-old tied himself to a goal post with a cable tie around his neck during the game. He was wearing a t-shirt that said, “Just stop oil.”
Meanwhile, the continuation of the European Cup celebrations in the coming season for Eintracht Frankfurt after the 1: 2 (0: 1) against SC Freiburg is becoming increasingly unlikely. Three days after the impressive performance in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals against FC Barcelona (1-1), the disillusionment in everyday football in Breisgau returned on Sunday in front of 47,000 spectators. The 1-0 through Vincenzo Grifo (27th minute) was equalized by Filip Kostic (54th). “Joker” Nils Peteren (69th) scored the winning goal for the guests once again seven minutes after being substituted on.
After their tenth defeat of the season, the Hessian Bundesliga team is now nine points behind Freiburg, who are fifth and tied with fourth-placed RB Leipzig. After the strenuous home game against the Spanish star club, the team lacked the energy to buck up again after falling behind. In addition, the goal by Daichi Kamada, who had just come on as a substitute, was taken back to make it 2-2 (86th) after viewing the video images. On Thursday (9 p.m.) coach Oliver Glasner’s team will play the second leg against four-time Champions League winners Barcelona at the legendary Camp Nou.
Meanwhile, Freiburg took a big step in the fight for an international ticket with the success on the Main. Regardless of the fuss about Bayern Munich’s mistake in substitution in the 4-1 win in the game last weekend. The DFB sports court had rejected the objection from Breisgau on Friday.
The success not only gave the team of coach Christian Streich a good position in the fight for a place in the European Cup, but also tailwind for the cup semifinals on April 19th at Hamburger SV. Freiburg will also host VfL Bochum next Saturday.
It wasn’t the 22 players that caused the first excitement of the game, but two environmental activists. They ran onto the pitch in the second minute and tied themselves to the two Eintracht posts. The men wore t-shirts that read: “Last generation – stop the fossil madness”. After three minutes, stewards were able to remove them from the post and the game continued.
In terms of sport, it wasn’t that exciting. The Frankfurters, who had previously remained goalless in five home games, had a lot of trouble creating or taking chances against the very defensive and clever Freiburgers. In the 11th minute, Jens Petter Hauge took a shot from the edge of the penalty area, but only shot to the side netting on the right. Six minutes later, a good combination initiated by Filip Kostic via Jesper Lindström zu Hauge was not crowned with success: the Norwegian didn’t hit the ball properly.
The guests used their only chance more consistently in the 27th minute with a successful counterattack, in which Roland Sallai left three Eintracht professionals on the right and passed to Grifo, who shot in coldly to make it 1-0.
Even after the restart, playful highlights were initially scarce. Only after Kostic scored the equalizer did the game become livelier, faster and more exciting. Hauge served the Serbs with a through ball, which made it 1-1 with a flat left past SC keeper Mark Flekken. Petersen headed in after a Christian Günter free-kick – it was his 33rd joker goal. Ajdin Hrustic hit the inside post for Frankfurt in the 84th minute, Flekken would have had no chance.
