SV Darmstadt: Pfeiffer shock before the cup hit

ER could have auditioned for one of his possible new employers or paved the way for his current team to become a cup sensation. But nothing will come of it!

PFEIFFER SHOCK FOR DARMSTADT!

The lilies not only have to do without defensive ace Patric Pfeiffer (23) for weeks in the DFB Cup blast at Eintracht Frankfurt. The central defender, who is leaving Darmstadt at the end of the season and is also under discussion in Frankfurt, injured his thigh in the 4-0 win in Sandhausen.

The diagnosis came on Sunday: a torn muscle bundle, a break of several weeks.

Piper of all things! The 1.96 meter giant would have been so important against Frankfurt’s top striker Kolo Muani. Even in the cup win against Gladbach, Pfeiffer hadn’t let his opponent Marcus Thuram down.

The Hamburger is almost indispensable in the Darmstadt defense, wins almost all headers in the league. Darmstadt’s sporting director Carsten Wehlmann (50): “I’m extremely sorry for Paddy that he has to pass again after breaking his toe. I am convinced that we will absorb this as a group.”

With the three-man chain that already shone in Sandhausen: Christoph Zimmermann, Jannik Müller and Thomas Isherwood should now put the Frankfurt top attack on the chain…