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| The referee blows his whistle for half-time, bringing to a close the first 45 minutes of the match. | |
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45′
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Unbelievable miss! Bas Dost (Eintracht Frankfurt) gets himself into a great position from the corner, but sends his header well wide of the right post from in front of goal when it was easier to score. |
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45′
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Eintracht Frankfurt force a corner. They send men into the box. |
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45′
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That’s unlucky! Danny da Costa (Eintracht Frankfurt) beautifully controls a pass and from the edge of the box drills a shot in on goal, but it’s inadvertently blocked by a defender and cleared. |
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44′
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Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt) takes the corner. |
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44′
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A rebound sits up nicely for Dominik Kohr (Eintracht Frankfurt) and he needs no second invitation to shoot from distance. The effort, however, slides well wide of the left post and out for a goal kick. |
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43′
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Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) breaks past challenges inside the box, but puts too much pace on his pass to Bas Dost. |
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41′
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Danny da Costa (Eintracht Frankfurt) takes the free kick and curls the ball just over the crossbar. That was close! |
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41′
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Eintracht Frankfurt will look to take advantage of a free kick in a promising position in the middle of the field. |
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40′
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Omar Alderete (Basel) commits an ugly challenge. The referee sees it and immediately blows his whistle. |
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38′
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The defensive wall does its job and blocks the free kick from Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt).
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38′
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Eintracht Frankfurt are awarded a free kick. |
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38′
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Antonio Mateu Lahoz blows his whistle. Silvan Widmer (Basel) commits a foul after dangerous play. |
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36′
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Eintracht Frankfurt are awarded a free kick from long range. |
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35′
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Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) sends a long ball forward to Bas Dost, but he put too much power and the chance is gone. |
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34′
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Valentin Stocker (Basel) has a shot blocked, it rebounds back to him, but even on his second attempt he cannot hit the target. His effort goes well wide. |
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33′
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Omar Alderete (Basel) creates himself some space around the penalty spot and connects with the free kick. His header is so wild it sails way past the left post and behind for a goal kick. |
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33′
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This yellow card was deserved. The tackle by Dominik Kohr (Eintracht Frankfurt) was quite harsh and Antonio Mateu Lahoz didn’t hesitate to show him a yellow card. |
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32′
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Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) latches onto a rebound in the box and fires a shot a whisker wide of the left post. That was a promising chance and maybe he should have done better! |
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31′
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Obite Evan N’Dicka (Eintracht Frankfurt) tries to hit a shot towards goal from long range, but he miskicks the ball and it flies high over the crossbar. |
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29′
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Good work from Eintracht Frankfurt as they win a corner. |
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29′
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Danny da Costa (Eintracht Frankfurt) sends a cross into the box, but the opposition’s defence quickly intercepts the ball. |
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26′
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Excellent touch by Silvan Widmer (Basel)! He latches on to a precise pass deep into the box and produces a low drive towards the right post. The goalkeeper pulls off a beautiful save to deny him. |
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25′
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A yellow card for a tackle by Eray Comert (Basel). Antonio Mateu Lahoz doesn’t hesitate at all to make this decision. |
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25′
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Silvan Widmer (Basel) attempts to score with a first-time shot from the edge of the box. His effort towards the bottom right corner is saved by Kevin Trapp. |
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23′
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Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt) makes a driving run into the box but he cannot work any space for a shot. |
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19′
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Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt) leaps high deep inside the box to meet a beautiful cross from the resultant free kick. He glances a header goalwards, but it’s not accurate and goes narrowly over the bar. |
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18′
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Antonio Mateu Lahoz blows for a foul after Omar Alderete (Basel) was too aggressive in the battle for the ball. Eintracht Frankfurt are awarded the free kick. |
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17′
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The corner from Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) is cleared away by the defence. |
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17′
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Bas Dost (Eintracht Frankfurt) sends a cross into the box, but the opposition’s defence clears the ball to safety. |
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16′
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Basel fail to score from a corner as Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt) leaps to collect the ball. |
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16′
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Silvan Widmer (Basel) creates himself some space on the edge of the box and unleashes a strong shot which is blocked by a defender. |
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13′
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Danny da Costa (Eintracht Frankfurt) breaks past challenges inside the box, but puts too much pace on his pass to Bas Dost. |
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12′
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A cross is clipped into the penalty area by Raoul Petretta (Basel) but poses no threat. |
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11′
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Some neat passing and movement from Eintracht Frankfurt as they ping around some short passes in order to create a new attacking opportunity. |
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7′
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Valentin Stocker (Basel) leaps to meet the corner, but fires his header back across goal from close in and it goes well wide of the left post. |
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7′
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Basel force their opponents to concede a corner. |
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6′
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Silvan Widmer (Basel) races towards goal but the defender gets back well to make a challenge. |
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3′
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Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) commits a foul after unfairly pressing his opponent during an attacking move. |
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2′
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Obite Evan N’Dicka (Eintracht Frankfurt) sends the ball into the box from the side of the pitch, but his cross is blocked. |
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1′
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The first half has just begun. |
| The players are out and the match is about to start. Basel will have the kick-off. | |
| Antonio Mateu Lahoz will referee today’s match. | |
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