At his post-match presser, the club itself, keeper Kevin Trapp, and SGE trainer Oliver Glasner roundly condemned the behavior of the fan camps at the fixture.
At least one Eintracht supporter was admitted to the hospital. Cameras also caught one SGE supporter giving what was interpreted by many to look like a Nazi salute. The incidents could have grave consequences for the Rhein-Main club. Eintracht fans are already on UEFA’s probation list following behavior in last spring’s UEL semi-final leg against West Ham in London. The SGE faces a “Geisterspiel” (spectator-less “ghost game”) if UEFA rules that it supporters initiated the violence.
Eintracht quickly condemned both the flare exchanges and the purported Nazi salute on all its social media channels Tuesday evening. A through investigation has been promised. Frankfurt keeper Kevin Trapp–no stranger to the scare of firecrackers going off in his vicinity during a European match–noted afterwards that it was “a tremendous pity that it [the atmosphere] degenerated like this.”
“These are senseless acts,” head-coach Oliver Glasner added at the post-match presser “If you throw firecrackers at you fellow fans, you need to be thrown in jail immediately. It has no place in the world. A small minority use this platform to make a ruckus.”
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