Frankfurt keeper Trapp fails to recover for Tottenham trip
Eintracht Frankfurt manager Dino Toppmoeller attends a press conference at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, ahead of Thursday's UEFA Europa League soccer match against Tottenham Hotspur. Bradley Collyer/PA Wire/dpa
Eintracht Frankfurt will be without main goalkeeper Kevin Trapp for their Europa League quarter-final first leg at Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday.
The Eagles will once again rely on Kauã Santos.
Trapp, who is recovering from a shin injury, is still not fit enough to be included in the match squad but will travel with the team as captain.
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Head coach Dino Toppmöller expressed full confidence in the 21-year-old Brazilian stand-in, whose form has been up and down. He also deputized against Viktoria Plzeň in the league phase in September and conceded three goals in a 3-3 home draw.
"Kauã had a kind of baptism of fire in the match against Plzeň. Tomorrow is another step up. I won't have a separate conversation with him again. You can sense his composure – but also his focus and hunger," Toppmöller told reporters on Wednesday.
Frankfurt - the 2022 winners - and Tottenham are among the top teams left in this season's Europa League, the second-tier club competition in Europe.
"We are facing a top favourite. For me, Manchester United and Tottenham are the top favourites in this competition. They've got a deluxe squad," Toppmöller said.
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He added that Frankfurt, third in the Bundesliga, aim to progress "with the mentality of the underdog."
Frankfurt surprisingly lost 2-0 at home to Werder Bremen at the weekend, with Santos in goal.
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