After shooting star shock: Frankfurt stumble through 15 nightmare minutes | OneFootball

In his first appearance for Eintracht Frankfurt, Younes Ebnoutalib was able to shine right away with a goal. Today, against VfB Stuttgart, the new signing was again given a spot in the starting lineup. However, his performance ended unexpectedly early—and after that, things only got worse for his team.

In the 20th minute, the striker sat down on the pitch shaking his head and had to be substituted shortly afterwards. Just before that, he had landed awkwardly on the turf following a tackle.

The images on the sidelines that followed offered a glimmer of hope: Ebnoutalib was able to walk to the locker room on his own, without support from Frankfurt’s medical staff.

For now, his recently fairy-tale story has taken a slight downturn. However, the 22-year-old has already managed to overcome setbacks several times in his still young career.

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Speaking of which: his team also had to cope with two more pieces of bad news shortly afterwards. Keeper Kaua Santos, less than ten minutes after Ebnoutalib’s substitution, dropped a cross at the feet of VfB striker Ermedin Demirovic, who slotted in to make it 1-1. Rasmus Kristensen had previously given the Eagles the lead with a header (5th minute).

But in the 35th minute, things actually got even worse for SGE. Deniz Undav turned the game around for the Swabians, with Auréle Amenda deflecting his shot decisively. The good news: things can really only get better in the second half. However, VfB will probably have something to say about that.

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