the luck of The draw meant well with the Concord. Milan, Marseille, Rome – The Main Thing Is Europe. For two years, the Frankfurt football professionals and with them, thousands of business, travelled to the joyous Fans of the ancient continent. The sporting excursions led also to Cyprus and Portugal, Liechtenstein and Belgium, Austria and the Ukraine. And twice in England’s capital, London. For two years, the harmony beyond the core business, was the League’s profile – and they did this mostly with spirited football and flying colors. Therefore, the farewell to Europe weighs heavy especially.
At 0:1 in Basel, the offensively harmless Eintracht has a lot of miss, what has she done previously in many of the European Cup nights. 15 away trips in two years. 30 Europa League games in total. 18 victories, one semi-final, a second round – all within a period of 686 days. This was The adventure trip in the Swiss neighbors relatively unemotional to the end. As in the first leg in Frankfurt were also approved in Basel’s St. Jakob-Park, with no spectators. A circumstance under which the harmony suffers, especially because she lives like no other Team in the support of the ranks, and benefits.
Full stadiums, full of restraint: This is going to take, and for the harmony, this is not promising. The gradual return of the audience will come. With the recent addition of the German football League plans submitted in the Corona times, the 36 professional clubs in the two Federal leagues, in principle, agree. But big cuts are inevitable.
The Concord managers are faced with the difficult task to all stakeholders. But it will not succeed. If, as planned, sometime up to 20,000 spectators in the Frankfurt Arena may come, there will be tough cuts and decisions. Finally, the club has 30,000 season ticket holders. Because Anger, disappointments and frustrations are.
