| 2-1: Hannover wins again | |
 The match began with a goodchance by Arouna Koné in minute 3, which shot from outside the box to the right of the goal after being assisted by Didier Ya Konan, the most decisive player in the first half. Arouna, Schulz, Djakpa and Ya Konan tried score agains Eintrach, cornering in their area, but was Leon Adreansen who scored the first goal from the center of the area after a good move down the right flank by Elson and an assistance by Ya Konan. After the goal, Eintrach tried taking a couple of chances by Meier, but let 96 counterattacks and Arouna could increase the advantage at 33th finishing off an Elson assistance that went to the left of the goal of Nikolov. In the last quarter of the first half, the away team raised the attacking moves and in the extra time, Halil Altintop, who had created much distress in previous games, tied the game after shoot a Cristoph Spycher assistance from the left side. The second half began as the first, Hannover and Eintrach attacked and played the counterattack and had to show off Fromlowitz at 50 after a good shot of Khola. The game was unbalanced in the 53rd minute when Teber was expelled after recieve the second yellow card after a hand foul. Mirko Slomka reacted quickly changing Cherundolo by Djakpa and only 2 minutes after Cherundolo assisted to Sergio Pinto, who right footed shot to the left of the goal, scoringit the 2-1. From this moment, 96 went for the match: Cherundolo and Arouna had their chances after the goal and Ya Konan almost scored from 25 meters of the goal. Frankfurt, with one player less and several yellow cards was on a defensive switch, changing Sebastian Jung by Marco Russ. In the final minutes Eintrach tried and both teams had their chances playing on the midfield. Caio replaced Meier to give more out to the ball, Altintop was close to scoring the tie in 76 and Slomka reacts replacing Elson by Bruggink. Altintop, the most dangerous player in his team, had another scoring chance before being replaced by Martin Fenin 10 minutes from the end of the match. Then the game became harder and Franz was rejected after a bad foul on Christian Schulz in the extra time. At the last chance of the match, Koné created a fast break that Mike Hanke finally finished off. In the end, Hannover wins its second straight game against a tough opponent. Next week will face against Stuttgart, who lost yesterday against the leader. |
