The Bundesliga footballers from RB Leipzig have suffered their second defeat in a row. They lost 3:4 (2:3) at Eintracht Frankfurt in Monday evening's match. The goals for the Saxons were scored by Annabel Schasching (26th minute), Marleen Schimmer (45th + 2nd) and Giovanna Hoffmann (85th) in front of 2,500 spectators at the Stadion am Brentanobad. Rebecka Blomqvist (39th/56th), Ereleta Memeti (10th) and Amanda Ilestedt (43rd) scored for the hosts.
Leipzig trailed from the start against a spirited Frankfurt side. It was only Eintracht's poor exploitation of chances that did not decide the game in their favor early on. The flattering equalizer to make it 1:1 came as a complete surprise. Eintracht keeper Lina Altenburg let an actually harmless shot from Schasching slip through her hands.
Leipzig with little grip
But the goal did not provide any additional security. Instead, Frankfurt stepped up their game and created chances. The better-playing hosts capitalized on two of them. RB then surprisingly scored the equalizer after a beautiful shot from distance straight into the corner.
After the restart, however, the favorites stifled Leipzig's hopes of scoring early on. Leipzig remained harmless in attack and were lucky that Eintracht were so careless with their opportunities. Only a ball loss by Frankfurt's Jella Veit in her own penalty area led to the third goal by international striker Hoffmann. That was as good as it got against the clever hosts.
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