Borussia Dortmund’s Waldemar Anton shares thoughts on six-goal-thriller against Eintracht Frankfurt

Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt delivered a six-goal thriller in the Bundesliga’s official 2026 curtain-raiser. Speaking in the mixed zone afterwards, BVB defender Waldemar Anton obviously remained distraught that his side twice failed to preserve a lead in the 3-3 draw. Anton contributed some interesting thoughts on four of the six goals scored.

“ He [Serhou Guirassy] knows that he shouldn’t go in like that, ” Anton said of the foul on Robin Koch by Dortmund’s still struggling striker in the 21st minute that enabled Can Uzun to score from the penalty spot. “ And the second goal [the 2-2 by Eintracht debutant Younes Ebnoutalib in the 71st] was entirely avoidable. When a striker has that much space in the box, one can always defend better. We dropped our intensity after our goal and that’s not acceptable. “

“ [Mahmoud Dahoud’s 3-2 at 90+2] was something he [Dahoud] would hit maybe once in ten times,” Anton said. “ Frankfurt were brutally efficient. [But Carney Chukwuemeka’s 3-3 at 90+6] shows that we currently have a great comeback mentality. “

GGFN | Peter Weis