Bundesliga

Gladbachs Saisonziele in danger

Borussia Mönchengladbach sets his Saisonziele lightly on the game. In the sobering Broke in Hamburg revealed the Team of coach André Schubert has major weaknesses. And exactly now is the Derby.

Disappointment pure at Borussias players: Oscar Wendt (l.), Yann Sommer and Fabian Johnson (r.) in Hamburg

Already three losses in the year 2016, the defence of the chronically vulnerable and away no longer a top team more: Borussia Mönchengladbach is experiencing a little Deja-vu. Already at the beginning of the season, it rained five League flops in a row. Now, with the thoroughly unsuccessful Rückrunden Start putting the foals to their Saisonziele back on the game and the all-too-lightly. “We have to be really angry that we the points are not taken away,” said Gladbachs Manager Max Eberl after the completely unnecessary 2:3-Bust at Hamburger SV, visibly miffed, and complained especially the lack of consequence: “If we want to develop, we must do so to win a game.”

With the development of the currently, such a thing in the Eleven from the lower Rhine. After the inspiring Hinserie under coach André Schubert with only one defeat in twelve League Games is a bit of disillusionment has returned. The three defeats from the last four Games to arouse memories of the miserable start to the season. For the first time since the tenth day fell the Borussen again from the European Cup places, are currently only Seventh.

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Accordingly, angrily reacted Schubert on the re-Auswärtspleite on the river Elbe, the now sixth to third place. “We are not a team that the opponent sometimes so loose on the wall plays” Schubert said: “We need to be focused, we need to give Gas, we may in no way be also just one percent, subside, otherwise you’ll get a Problem.” That sounds good, but new is this knowledge not. Concentration and unconditional fighting spirit with the necessary was the Borussia on Sunday far away. In General, the performance is rather arrogant, pomadig and bored. And the question is – why?

Because almost negligently gave Gladbach the game at HSV after the early lead through Fabian Johnson out of the 14. Minute out of Hand. It presented, especially the Defensive several times not in the picture. With the goals conceded, number 36 to 38 – even laggard Hannover 96 has less conceded – the guests were still well served. “You must Play more to get points, if you want to be there”, complained Borussias goalkeeper Yann Sommer. About the standings make the Team but, at the moment anyway, no thoughts.

Derby as Weichensteller?

5. Game day: The Cologne Frederik Sörensen (l.) and Jonas Hector (r.) cheer on the 1:0 win against Mönchengladbach

“We must first see that we again play football, Borussia have often shown,” says the Swiss national goalie with views of the rheinische Derby next Saturday (15.30 CET) against the 1. FC Cologne: “It is enough in the League, not just 20 minutes of good football to play.”

As in the first leg could be the outcome of the game but to set the course. The 0:1 in Cologne in mid-September was the sporting low point of the Borussia, then threw coach Lucien Favre in the towel – Schubert followed, initially as an interim solution. Now it’s Schubert, at the latest after a new defeat against arch-rivals with their backs to the wall stands. As a coach, accepts, Schubert is still far, far away, with the Fans backing, his Swiss predecessor enjoyed. On paper, it would be only a defeat more, the Gladbach of your goal of the season “international business” further away. But, a Bankruptcy is calculated again in the Derby against Cologne means far more and could be far more effective.