After a transfer saga in the weeks leading up to Frankfurt's game against Stuttgart Sunday, the reception Filip Kostic would receive from the Deutsche Bank Park crowd was unclear.
But when he came off the bench just before the hour mark, the Serbian winger received both cheers and jeers. That mixed reaction quickly turned overwhelmingly positive when, 20 minutes later, he hit the back of the net with a pinpoint strike, pinging the ball off the post.
Though Frankfurt ultimately shared the spoils with Stuttgart after a late equalizer from Omar Marmoush, the events that unfolded Sunday may allow the club to finally put speculation surrounding Kostic's future at the club to bed — at least for now.