Promoted Frankfurt remains unbeaten at Bundesliga

Promoted Frankfurt remains¹ unbeaten at Bundesliga

 BERLIN, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Newly promoted Eintracht Frankfurt kept their unbeaten streak² alive as Alexander Meier's brace³ was enough to come back to win 2-1 over Freiburg in the sixth round of Bundesliga on Sunday.

The second-placed Frankfurt is now close on Bayern's heels owing to their neat two-point gap.

From kick off, Freiburg defended deep to frustrate⁴ the hosts that were in search for gaps to develop their short passing game.

As the game progressed both sides were able to implement⁵ their strategies to stage an evenly balanced match.

Frankfurt's Takashi Inui almost opened the scoring at the 27th minute when his shot from 16 meters was blocked by Freiburg's goalkeeper Oliver Baumann following a one on one.

Seconds later, the visiters' Daniel Caliguri pulled just wide from 14 meters to find only the outside of the net.

Five minutes into the second half, Freiburg shocked the hosts as Max Kruse poked⁶ home a failed clearance⁷ attempt inside the box.

Yet Frankfurt was able to increase their efforts to reward themselves with the equalizer through Alexander Meier, who showed all his skills, controlled Bastian Oczipka's cross to slot home with a turn-shot-volley from 16 meters into top left at the 68th minute.

Frankfurt pressed for another goal and it was again Alexander Meier who marked the decider five minutes later, when he headed home a corner by Oczipka from central position.

Freiburg remained unimpressed but they were unable to overcome Frankfurt's defence for the second time.

Also on Sunday Clinical Mainz shocked harmless "Wolves" 2-0 to steal three points at Volkswagen Arena⁸. Junior Diaz and Adam Szalai scored the goals for Mainz at the first half.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

3 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

4 frustrate   

v.使失望；使沮丧；使厌烦

参考例句：

• But this didn't frustrate Einstein.He was content to go as far as he could.但这并没有使爱因斯坦灰心，他对能够更深入地研究而感到满意。
• They made their preparations to frustrate the conspiracy.他们作好准备挫败这个阴谋。

5 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

6 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 clearance   

n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理

参考例句：

• There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
• The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

8 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。