Glasner: All of Europe can look forward to this final

Aus Sevilla reports Julian Franzke

• high temperatures could play better harmony in the cards in terms of football
• Lindström completes complete final training

The migration has started. Over 30 aircraft will take off from Frankfurt to Seville on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thousands of other fans sometimes take on the most curious flight routes to be there in the stadium or at least in the city on Wednesday evening if Eintracht may celebrate its greatest success since the UEFA Cup victory in 1980. The players as well as coach Oliver Glasner are facing the biggest game of their previous career. "We are ready for the final and feel in great condition," emphasizes the coach and speaks of a "good mix of concentration, focus and looseness".

How can Frankfurt crack? "We have to look at our strengths and qualities, because this is the only way we can win the game. With total conviction, total will and focus, but also with looseness," explains Glasner. The 47-year-old knows: "The decisive factor will be to get our strengths on the pitch: quick, courageous, aggressively playing and consistently consistent." Sports director Markus Krösche sees "many parallels to West Ham". Against the robust Scots, the sports director calls "dynamic position changes" to donate and open rooms in the opposing rows. "They often play a man on a man, practically man cover. I rarely seen that at an international level," the 41-year-old describes his observations in an interview with the final. Glasner adds: "They are very robust in the duels. They show a great willingness to make ways back when they lose the ball."

high temperatures could play better harmony in the cards in terms of football

On the one hand, it will be a matter of defending in the game against the ball with the same fire as the strong rangers in the game against the battle, but to avoid the duels as often as possible through a good position game. "Similar to West Ham, it will be important that we are movable in the gaps," explains Krösche. There players like Daichi Kamada or the striker Rafael Borré, who likes to float between the lines, have their great strengths. "With our speed and mobility, we can get advantages on the offensive," says Krösche. It is obvious: If you are big and robust, you often have problems against agile players as long as flat and nimble are played. Eintracht is superior to the Rangers. If she manages to let the ball and opponents run, this could also be a small advantage with a view to the high temperatures - at the kick -off at 9 p.m.

Lindström completes complete final training

During the place of space on the early Tuesday evening, the players got an idea of which heat battle they would expect. Regardless of this, Glasner expects a gripping final: "Both teams are characterized by the fact that they play with great passion, great support and great enthusiasm. That is why all of Europe can look forward to this final." In terms of personnel, the trainer can draw almost out of the full, only Martin Hinteregger (muscle injury) fails. After his thigh strain suffered in London, Jesper Lindström completed the complete final training and could go into the first eleven for Jens Petter Haug, but did not want to commit Glasner at the press conference on Tuesday evening.

Financially, the final is of great importance. This season, Eintracht in the Europa League generated gross sales of 22 to 25 million euros, according to the board spokesman Axel Hellmann. A victory against the Rangers would bring more in one fell swoop. It is not only about the victory premium released by the UEFA (4 million euros) and the premium for participation in the Supercup against the winner of the Champions League (3.5 million), as the winner, Frankfurt 2022/23 would also start in the premier class. The entry fee in this competition alone is 15.64 million euros, plus another millions from the UEFA market pool and the income from at least three sold -out home games. All in all, there are over 30 million euros against the Rangers - without even calculating a victory in the Champions League. However, the players should free themselves from such thoughts so as not to tense - so that they can present the trophy to their fans on Thursday at the Frankfurt Römer. Then well over 100,000 fans in Frankfurt would be on their feet and would celebrate the party of their lives.