Eintracht Frankfurt boss Oliver Glasner has revealed his shattered Europa League heroes partied until dawn after setting up the Seville showdown with Rangers.
But the Austrian gaffer warned Gers his men wont be caught napping on the job in the glory clash in the south of Spain on May 18.
Eintract were back on Bundesliga business yesterday as Glasner’s side – which contained eight changes to the team that dumped West Ham in the Euro semi – came back from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Borussia Monchengladbach.
The Germans gave most of their big hitters the day off but Goncalo Panciencia nabbed a second half leveller in a party atmosphere in Frankfurt.
Glasner admitted some of his men were bleary-eyed on Friday – but they will be awake to the challenge from Gio van Bronckhorst's men and are dreaming of lifting the famous trophy.
He said: "I’m very happy because I know what happened on Thursday.
“A few of them only went to bed when the sun came out again.
“We gave everything until the end, so it's a fair result. We will use the days off to get an idea of the Rangers. "
Eintracht have gone seven games without a win in the Bundesliga and are languishing in 12th position.
But the Frankfurt fans made their feelings clear before Sunday's stalemate – flying a banner saying: “It doesn't matter today – bring us the trophy”.
Defender Timothy Chandler admitted the squad are determined to grant their wish and banish a dismal league campaign with European success in Seville.
The USA cap said: “It’s very difficult to describe the emotions of the past few days.
“We are just overjoyed and looking forward to the next 10 days. We still have one game in Mainz, which we do well and want to come out of with confidence.
“And then we'll do everything we can to get the trophy. All the guys who were on the field today, they always gave it their all.
“We never had a bad egg on the team. That's what got us to where we are now.
“What the fans have gone through in the past few weeks and months – We want to give them this trophy.”
