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1 : 0
Although Olivier Occean did not play a single minute, in front of the sold out Commerzbank-Arena (51,500); he must have been smiling on the bench, as his team beat their biggest rival for the 4th Championsleaguespot 1:0. This must really feel like balm for the soul, as Frankfurt has won their first game in the last nine matches!
It was an extremely exciting game, where Marco Russ scored the deciding goal in the 41st minute.
However, the real talking point must have been the incredible performance by Eintracht's "Oldie" keeper Oka Nikolov, who didn't only save a penalty from Schalke's Michel Bastos; but also saved several huge chances from other various Schalke players. The penalty had been given for a handball by Stefan Aigner, who jumped up in the wall during a freekick from Bastos. It was a deserved penalty, as his movement was unnatural and he prevented the ball from going on goal.
Occean's 17 year old teeamate Marc Stendera, who played his first match from the beginning, also had a very impressive game. He almost scored his first ever Bundesliga goal too, when dribbling through a few Schalke defenders. While he did not accomplish that feat, he did assist Frankfurt's only goal from a free kick.
While Eintracht Frankfurt is playing a great season, it hasn't been all that Occean has hoped for. He played a phenomenal season for Greuter Fuerth last year and we were all hoping that his scoring success would continue at Frankfurt. So far he has scored one goal and assisted another. Those stats unfortunately are quite grim compared to him winning the top scorer award in the 2nd Bundesliga with 17 goals last season.
Fingers crossed that Olivier Occean will be given a chance to prove himself and that he may fight himself back into the team, if not this season, than the next one!
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