Eintracht bid farewell to Louisville with goal fest | OneFootball

The Eagles earned a 5-2 friendly victory over Louisville City FC in an entertaining encounter at the Lynn Family Stadium, with goals from Baum, Burkardt, Dills and an Nkounkou brace.

Three days after their match against Aston Villa at the Lynn Family Stadium, Eintracht returned to the same venue for the second friendly of their ADIDAS U.S. TOUR – this time against hosts Louisville City FC. The game, which took place almost exactly one year after the clubs’ last meeting in Louisville, began in a cautious manner, with the intensive hours on the training pitch under the Kentucky sun seemingly taking their toll at times.

The 8,000 fans in attendance almost had something to cheer about in the opening stages, first when Sean Totsch headed into the side netting following a corner (14’) and then when early substitute Sam Gleadle lobbed Kevin Trapp but missed the target (19’). Eintracht grew into the game more after the first drinks break, and Paxten Aaronson had a goal disallowed for offside (30’). The Eagles did take the lead a short while later though, when Elias Baum fired a low shot through a crowded penalty area to score in his first outing for the club since returning from a loan spell at SV Elversberg (36’). Brian Ownby (45’) and Rasmus Kristensen (45’+1) both had chances to add to the scoreline before the break but were unable to do so.

Dino Toppmöller made wholesale changes at half-time, but it was Louisville who scored next, Kevon Lambert rising highest at a corner to head into the net (59’). Jonny Burkardt was thwarted by a brilliant Ryan Troutman save when it looked like Eintracht would edge in front again, and instead Lou City took the lead through Jansen Wilson’s precise shot into the corner (65’).

Burkardt soon made amends though, equalising just two minutes later. There was plenty more entertainment to come for the crowd at the Lynn Family Stadium, as Marvin Dills restored Eintracht’s advantage (71’), before Niels Nkounkou struck twice in the closing stages (74’, 89’) to round out a 5-2-success.

On Wednesday Eintracht depart Louisville for Philadelphia, where they will hold further training sessions ahead of a friendly against Philadelphia Union on Saturday 2 August (kick-off 17:30 local time / 23:30 CEST). The game will once again be broadcast live on EintrachtTV+.