After a miserable stint at
Real Madrid the Serbian forward instantly rediscovered his scoring touch for Eintracht Frankfurt on the same night the captain David Abraham bade farewell
It felt like not just a goal but a release, a way of making a longed-for expression – of frustration, of indignation, and of relief. Luka Jovic’s first goal back at Eintracht Frankfurt had taken three days and, in on-pitch terms, 10 minutes to arrive and it was worth it, unhesitatingly smashed into the Schalke net from his compatriot Filip Kostic’s delivery.
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