Press review Eintracht Frankfurt vs BVB: "A wild, fast-paced, intense duel" | OneFootball

With a spectacle, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund kicked off the football year 2026 on Friday. Six goals, three on each side, resulted in a 3:3 draw, with BVB managing to equalize in the sixth minute of stoppage time. Here are the assessments and analyses from the press regarding this thrilling match.

Almost every newspaper refers to a “spectacle,” including the Süddeutsche in its report from Deutsche Bank Park. Frank Hellmann praises the “efficiency and determination” of Frankfurt, while attesting that BVB had a lively start to the new year, in which the team “presented itself as a unit.” “Additionally, players and coach immediately fulfilled management’s demand to raise the aesthetic standard.” Therefore, BVB can be quite satisfied with the point secured only at the last minute.

Welt found the point split in a “fast-paced match between two offensively-minded teams to be well deserved.” Although BVB is now unbeaten in nine league games, the draw does not really help Dortmund—the gap to FC Bayern has grown even further.

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BVB appears “as a unit”

“Bitter for Frankfurt, yet correct,” is how the Frankfurter Rundschau judges the outcome, noting that Eintracht delivered one of its best performances of the season in this second meeting with BVB. Regarding BVB: “Dortmund was the more mature team, played better football, and had the better chances. And yet, they were lucky” with the very late equalizer. “In a wild, fast, and intense duel,” another flood of goals conceded by Eintracht prevented a victory.

The verdict from Kicker is: “The draw was (…) fair, as both teams had dominant phases in the game and each showed strong morale.”

Although the points were shared in Frankfurt, there were two winners, notes the Tagesspiegel: the football fans and FC Bayern Munich. The BVB draw is not enough to make the title race exciting again. Also intriguing is the question of when Serhou Guirassy, who once again “made an unfortunate impression” in Frankfurt, will end his crisis. He has now been waiting for a Bundesliga goal since matchday 9. Symptomatically, he also caused a penalty on Friday.

The Sportschau believes that the match was not only a goal spectacle, but “highly intense” throughout. While Frankfurt showed remarkable morale after coming from behind twice, the late equalizer for BVB was nevertheless “deserved based on performance.”

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