Eintracht Frankfurt managed to beat West Ham who played in front of their own supporters with a score of 1-2. It seems West Ham struggled to play effectively in this match making it difficult for them to at least draw. Looking at the statistics from West Ham, they actually don't lack for opportunities, only from the 15 shots they managed to do only 2 that led to the goal. It's a bad record for the attacking sector, how they don't have accurate shots.
The match was competitive. I was expecting Frankfurt's victory. Because I saw Frankfurt's performance in the away match against Barcelona. They played very well. And my guess was that Frankfurt would win 1-0 or 2-1. That is what happened. Frankfurt have had fewer attacks than West Ham last year. But each of their attacks was planned. That's why they beat West Ham.
I personally will still be waiting for the results from the 2nd leg later, because I think that West Ham seems to be able to turn things around. Frankfurt is a team that is difficult to predict I think even though they have proven to win matches up to this stage, but I still don't really believe that it really happened. But if in the end Frankfurt can indeed maintain the victory in this first leg, then of course Frankfurt deserves to be the winner of the title because they managed to get rid of the favorite teams.
I still hope that West Ham will surprise me in the second leg by turning the game around. Because I believe West Ham do have better quality
players, and also West Ham should be more motivated to beat Frankfurt, because winning the Europa League is the way for West Ham to get tickets
to the Champions League competition, so I expect West Ham to play attacking from the first minute.
West Ham's defeat in the first leg was because West Ham were surprised by a quick goal from Frankfurt, this is a lesson for West Ham to
concentrate from the beginning of the game. Even West Ham in the first leg dominated the match, but the attack that the West Ham players built
was not effective. So from the several opportunities that were obtained, they were only able to score one goal.
Frankfurt's performance is actually not too special, but I admit the fighting spirit of the Frankfurt players is very high. So even though
the Frankfurt players lost technically to the West Ham players, the fighting spirit of the Frankfurt players was extraordinary, they play very hard
and never give up. No wonder a big team like Barcelona can be defeated by Frankfurt, but if West Ham can play with an effective attacking
strategy, West Ham should be able to beat Frankfurt.