Unity against Chelsea today in LIVE-TICKER

Eintracht Frankfurt welcomes FC Chelsea today for the first leg of the Europa League semi-final. The game kicks off at 9:00. Here you can follow the game in the LIVE-TICKER.

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Before the start: A bit of statistics: For Chelsea this is the ninth European semi-final since the Abramovich era (2003/04). Both teams have never faced each other before. Eintracht lost at home in Europe against an English opponent only once (0:1 against Nottingham Forest in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1967/68). Chelsea, on the other hand, lost only one of their last ten games against a German team (five wins, four draws).

Before the start: For the SBU, the game is today the first European semi-final since the 1979/80 season, when they won the UEFA Cup after defeating Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Before the start: The Spanish referee Carlos del Cerro Grande will start the game this evening at 9 p.m. in the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt.

Eintracht must continue to do without Rebic and Haller in the attack. Gacinovic is fit again after muscular problems and will probably play in midfield instead of Jonathan de Guzman.

After the SGE against Schachtjor Donezk made loose progress in the intermediate round, they won the next two rounds against Inter and Benfica due to strong performances.

Spain’s teams have dominated the UEFA Europa League in recent years, with FC Sevilla (3) and Atletico Madrid (3) winning six of nine possible titles since their inception in 2009.