Two teams with a lot on the line, it was the home team that brought the game to their opponents during a very one -sided first half.
Quick thinking of Kevin Trapp prevented Artem Dovbyk to hold a ball at the back, while Angelino should have done better with a flashed shot from the penalty area.
But Frankfurt's resilience finally clicked when Angelino made his earlier Miss when the left back arrived at the rear pole to Volley Home Gianluca Mancini's Cross.
Roma could not afford to let their standards slide in the second half, but clearly struck by nerves, the home team looked like a shell of their first half itself.
That changed halfway through the second half when Ranieri's side found the breathing space with a second goal. It arrived via Eldor Shomurodov, who was able to sneak the ball past Trapp after a mix-up in the Eintracht defense.
Due to the results elsewhere, the defeat against Eintracht Roma would have seen the competition dumped, but in the end they came across the line with space to save.
It could have been even better if Paulo Dybala's effort was not blocked from the edge of the box, where Shomurodov came close to his second and Roma's third of the night.
In the end it did not do too much, where the Serie A-Outfit kept their cool to confirm their place in the knockouts, with a collision against Ferencvaros or FC Porto in the play-offs.
Despite the defeat, Eintracht continued to be part of the coveted top eight, which means that they will be the play-offs and resume their bid on Uel Glory in the last 16.
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