Eintracht Frankfurt: First Borré redemption, then Tuta check – Bundesliga
He probably got the most bruises in the final. Under he’s not even a player…
Penalty shootout, Eintracht ahead after Kevin Trapp saved fourth shot against Glasgow star Ramsey. Now only Rafael Santos Borré has to score and Eintracht has the pot. For the second time after 42 years.
The Colombian fixes the ball for a long time. Then he runs, slams the ball ice cold into the top left of the net – and in a split second all the dams break.
A moment that is indelibly burned into everyone’s memory in Frankfurt. A moment that was almost a salvation for Jan Strasheim (38).
For the series “My hottest Euro moment”, the press boss recalled: “After Rafa’s converted penalty, I initially felt a great deal of relief. A feeling that cannot be described. At that moment everything fell away. After this shot, you knew that all the tension, the preparation and all the work that all colleagues had done in the days and weeks before was worth it.”
But then it got a little more painful for Strasheim. First Tuta ran over him in a frenzy of joy, and as soon as he had recovered himself, Timothy Chandler checked him over. “In the end it was highly emotional. You noticed with all the players, staff and employees how much it meant that everyone – no matter in which function – wanted it at all costs.”
As a European Cup winner, these checks are easy to get over!