Press review, BVB v Eintracht Frankfurt: “Dortmund shaken, then dominant” | OneFootball

With a 3:2 home win over the Hessians from Frankfurt, BVB finally secures the 2025/26 runners-up spot. Selected press reactions to the match, which marked SGE’s 14th defeat in their last 15 games in Dortmund.

Given this record, Signal Iduna Park is “a place of horror,” says the Frankfurter Rundschau. This time, at least, Frankfurt put up a respectable fight. Eintracht’s early lead gave them momentum, but from Ignacio’s big chance — which still went begging — BVB took control and stayed firmly in command until the end. SGE therefore misses out on the Europa League, whose 2027 final will be held in Frankfurt.

The Sportschau reported in similar fashion on the “duel between two struggling top teams”: after conceding, BVB were “only briefly shocked.” First Brandt initiated the equalizer, then Schlotterbeck added another. In the second half, “BVB controlled the game, Frankfurt had no answers.” That gave Kovac the opportunity to finally bring on Niklas Süle and allow him his farewell from professional football on the pitch (even though one matchday still remains).

Because Julian Brandt is also leaving the club, the FAZ senses more than just a hint of melancholy in Dortmund. The question of what these exceptionally gifted players might have achieved in the black-and-yellow shirt must remain unanswered because of their inconsistency.

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Melancholy in Dortmund as Brandt and Süle say goodbye

In addition, Sebastian Kehl was also given a send-off before the match, as the WAZ notes, receiving “goosebump-inducing applause,” after all having been part of BVB for 25 years as both a player and an official. Unlike the previously cited outlets, however, the WAZ saw a “shocked” BVB after the early goal, managing just one decent attack in the first 40 minutes. “But then Brandt had his moment.” After Schlotterbeck put Dortmund ahead, there was little sign from the visitors that a European place was still on the line for them. Dortmund dominated the second half, even if without creating many chances. There were two more emotional moments: Ignacio’s first professional goal and Süle’s substitution.

BVB are runners-up for the tenth time with this 3:2 win, adds kicker. kicker also saw BVB with the better chances in the first half, while the second half brought opportunities for both sides. After Burkardt made it 2:3, Frankfurt even “came close to making it 3:3” once more, but they could not pull it off.

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