Ebnoutalib stars with hat-trick for Eintracht but Union Berlin snatch point in thriller

[p]It took just three minutes for the hosts to take the lead, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ljubicic-marin/Egw6JhqJ/"]Marin Ljubicic[/a] saw his shot deflected behind for a corner that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/juranovic-josip/WznPyl4k/"]Josip Juranovic[/a] delivered towards [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/latte-lath-emmanuel/v7Aeda16/"]Emmanuel Latte Lath[/a].[/p][p]Despite being held by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/onyedika-raphael/lGk4guoq/"]Raphael Onyedika[/a],[b] the debutant rose to turn home a header that left [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/atubolu-noah/UwlvfZCm/"]Noah Atublou[/a] helpless on his own maiden appearance. [/b][/p][p]Adi Hutter’s side responded with a corner of their own in the 10th minute, [b]as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ebnoutalib-younes/Wl8Wn9HU/"]Younes Ebnoutalib[/a] reacted quickest to a loose ball to punish some unconvincing defending.[/b][/p][p]Ebnoutalib was equally alert after kick-off and pounced on an awful [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/querfeld-leopold/WtK79lGh/"]Leopold Querfeld[/a] touch, [b]then raced through and just about squeezed his shot over the line despite [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raab-matheo/63mm1VBK/"]Matheo Raab[/a] getting a touch on it and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-den-bosch-zeno/OMkbwp2E/"]Zeno Van Den Bosch[/a]’s best efforts to keep it out, scoring just nine seconds after the restart.[/b][/p][embed guid="b1db43c5-8f92-4558-b26b-35e96e4c03fb" url="https://x.com/Eintracht/status/2093698288251707799" social-type="twitter" /][p]While there weren’t any other goals in the first half, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/uzun-can-yilmaz/hljGyhNr/"]Can Uzun[/a] poking the ball over from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baum-elias/Sr0pRlmi/"]Elias Baum[/a]’s neat ball, its bizarre nature continued as an official went off injured around the half-hour mark. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/eintracht-frankfurt/8vndvXTk/"]Eintracht[/a] largely remained in control after the lengthy delay, although [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/amaimouni-echghouyab-ayoube/8S0XsmOl/"]Ayoube Amaimouni[/a]’s shot from the edge of the box was blocked by Querfeld.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/union-berlin/pzHW4oaE/"]Union[/a] still remained spirited and applied some pressure in the second half, even if they struggled to test Atubolu, who had taken a blow to the head from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aebischer-michel/MiXFJwit/"]Michel Aebischer[/a] before the break.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lustrinelli-mauro/0f5WgfiD/"]Mauro Lustrinelli[/a] made his move in the 61st minute with a trio of attacking substitutions that included the introduction of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/skarke-tim/ObQ0AIvH/"]Skarke[/a], who couldn’t get a clean connection on his effort from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rothe-tom/KIEP1A93/"]Tom Rothe[/a]’s long throw.[/p][p]There was no such wastefulness from Ebnoutalib six minutes after that change,[b] as he made the most of a fortuitous bounce off Baum by emphatically lashing his volley home.[/b][/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="23afb97c-0438-4eb7-963c-2839c7253d18" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="df125c6d-e346-4400-8df0-c75f64e1033b" original-width="3840" original-height="2160" /][p]Atubolu then did brilliantly to stop a deflected free-kick and deny Rothe’s attempt. The visiting goalkeeper made another pair of impressive saves but was beaten from the ensuing corner, [b]as another Juranovic delivery was met by a towering Querfeld header with 11 minutes left on the clock. [/b][/p][p][b]Union’s miraculous comeback was completed in the 92nd minute, as Van Den Bosch headed the ball back to Querfeld, whose own header was flicked in by Skarke. [/b][/p][p]That will act as a major boost to Lustrinelli and his Union side, while Eintracht’s mood will be dampened after their 11-0 demolition of fifth-tier side SC St. Tonis in the DFB-Pokal.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ebnoutalib-younes/Wl8Wn9HU/"]Younes Ebnoutalib[/a] (Eintracht)[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="b0fb891f-240d-46f5-83d2-9b97b8970d7b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="2e951c0b-1a7a-4e7b-99eb-e09c6d28225d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/eintracht-frankfurt-8vndvXTk/union-berlin-pzHW4oaE/summary/stats/?mid=UNsSafw8"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]