The biggest derby of all time, but still a defeat for Mannheim against Frankfurt – indeed, in the Winter Match 2025 in front of more than 45,000 spectators at the Commerz Bank Arena: a 5-1 victory from the point of view Lions. “Oh how beautiful it is!” the Lions supporters were already chanting five minutes before the end of the match. Mannheim captain Marc Michaelis clearly took this third derby defeat badly. “We feel like we’ve disappointed the supporters. We feel guilty dancing in front of them, just to pay tribute to them for what they created. Three derbies lost. The pain is very, very deep for us,” Michaelis said, with tears in his eyes. “It was truly an incredible night! Incredible days before the match. The crowd was fantastic, as was the show before the match,” celebrated coach Tom Rowe. Goalkeeper Juho Olkinuora, who was later named Player of the Match, also spoke of a “once in a lifetime experience”.
Mutual praise poured in for the organization. Two-time Stanley Cup champion Tom Kühnhackl felt “chills” and said before the game about the organization: “It’s definitely a very special moment. You don’t forget that in your career. A lot of matches are quickly forgotten, but this one will remain engraved in our memories for a long time.” Federal Minister of the Interior and Eintracht fan Nancy Faeser was also “excited by the integration of hockey here, by the number of spectators present. The atmosphere was truly incredible.”
MagentaSport put new accents in the live reporting during the Winter Match, including a live drone and emotional footage from the locker room. Here are the key voices and excerpts from the DEL WINTER MATCH between the Frankfurt Lions and the Mannheim Eagles. Hockey continues on MagentaSport on Sunday, starting at 1:30 a.m. with the semi-finals of the U20 World Championship in Canada.
Frankfurt Lions – Mannheim Eagles 5:1
You can’t do better for a derby. The Frankfurt Lions celebrate a 5-1 victory in the biggest derby ever played at Frankfurt’s Waldstadion. For a long time, it was a balanced game before the Lions scored four goals in just 2:42 in the third period, going from 1-0 to 4-0. With this result, the Lions take 11th place, keeping the Eagles in 4th place.
Link to the match goals: clipro.tv
Tom Rowe, Frankfurt coach: “It was truly an incredible night! Incredible days before the match. The crowd was incredible, as was the show before the match. It was a perfect ending. We played really well in the second and third third. Overall: what a night!”
Link to the interview: clipro.tv
Juho Olkinuora, Frankfurt goalkeeper and Best Player of the Match: “It was incredible, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I took a little nap before the match and I was quite excited. I’m happy with our performance. It was fun.”
…on the three derby wins against Mannheim: “So far it has gone well against them. They are a good team. But we as a team played well against them. “
Link to the interview: clipro.tv
Dennis Lobach, Frankfurt player and scorer for the 3-0: “The fans today, today’s event is incredible. I will never forget it. I think it brought us a little closer together as as a team, with this victory today we will enjoy this evening.
Link to the interview: clipro.tv
Dallas Eakins, Mannheim coach: “First of all, thank you to Frankfurt and the Lions for allowing us to play in such an event. From our side, I think we played one of our best first thirds this year .In the second period, we were good. I wish we had the 12-9 minutes of the third back. It put us in a hole that we couldn’t get out of.
Link to the interview: clipro.tv
Mannheim player Marc Michaelis had tears in his eyes: “Frustration, to be honest. You are here at the Winter Match on the ice and then something like this happens. What our fans created before the match is so bad that we couldn’t reward them We feel like we’ve disappointed the fans. We feel guilty dancing in front of them, just to pay tribute to them for what they achieved. pain is very, very deep for us. But I think it’s something that will help us until March, April.”
Link to the interview: clipro.tv
Tobias Fohrler, Mannheim player: “I think we started well today, played a good first third. The second third was also decent. But what happened in the last third should not happen to us. Especially in such a match. It was the third derby We told ourselves before the match that we would give everything and would only leave the ice when everyone had emptied their tanks to 100%. this to the supporters. I think we didn’t do it in the final third and it just can’t happen to us.”
Link to the interview: clipro.tv
Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister, during the intermission: “I think hockey fits extraordinarily well into the stadium. I am enthusiastic about the way hockey is integrated here, about the number of spectators present. The atmosphere is truly incredible.”
Link to the interview: clipro.tv
Impressions of the 2025 Winter Match
Already after two minutes, it begins: the first fight of the match in clip: clipro.tv
“Honor your families”: Eagles coach Dallas Eakins with an emotional pregame speech: clipro.tv
“Did I make a difference today?” : Dallas Eakins during intermission. The clip for that: clipro.tv
Exclusive insights: Lions coach Tom Rowe’s half-time speech in clip: clipro.tv
On the tactical board: the speech of Lions coach Tom Rowe during the intermission: clipro.tv
Spectacular: the warm-up seen from a drone: clipro.tv
Wear of materials: In the second third, a hole in the ice must be filled: clipro.tv
Buts :
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