On the last Bundesliga Matchday of the year front-runner Dortmund receives the second-placed Gladbach to the top match and the prestige duel. The question of the true Borussia is not the answer to the game, however.
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Top game: Borussia calls for the other
Who is the true Borussia? “We!”, the Fans screaming on both sides. The mönchengladbach-based endeavour, the history. Finally, the mönchengladbach-based “Borussia club for physical exercise 1900 e. V.” for nine years, was founded before the “ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund”. The Dortmund point in the dispute about the “true Borussia” to the larger success of the BVB. Finally, the black and yellow already eight times German champion, the Black-and-White-and-Green-only five times. Also in the DFB-Cup winners list, the Dortmund (4) in front of the Gladbachern (3).
International Champions League Triumph in 1997 and of the profit of the Europe pokalsiegs Cup winners ‘ Cup in 1966, weigh-in for the BVB Fans also significantly heavier than the two mönchengladbach UEFA Cup victories in 1975 and 1979. And anyway, the Dortmund supporters, back in the glory days of the “foals” Yes, a very long time, in contrast to the Successes of Borussia Dortmund. Before the fight, this Friday in Dortmund (kick-off 20.30 CET, 20.15 PM in the DW live Ticker for this), a true Bundesliga top game, separate the two Dortmund only a table and six points.
Momentum to take into the winter break
Leaders Borussia Dortmund will make the last games of the first half round, the first defeat of the season, forget the 1:2 on Tuesday at newly promoted Fortuna Düsseldorf. And what would be best suited for that better than a victory of the early autumn champion against the table second, the other Borussia from Mönchengladbach? “We have to take all possibilities,” said Sebastian Kehl, the head of the Dortmund-based license game Department, “the right momentum into the winter break.” However, the Gladbach want. “We want to finish the year positive. We travel with a very good feeling for BVB,” said goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
Dortmund Torfabrik: Kapitan Marco Reus (l.) and Paco Alcacer
Duel of the marksman team
“We look forward to welcoming participants of the Hits, with the First against the Second. We were not long,” said Gladbach’s sporting Director Max Eberl on the duel between the Dortmund. “A victory would be the crowning glory of an extraordinary Hinserie.” The “foals” have won ten of their previous 16 season games and 35 goals in the process.
Only the BVB was with twelve Wins and 42 goals successful. Gladbach’s coach Dieter Hecking describes the Dortmunder also currently as the “measure of all things in the Bundesliga. The BVB, for me, is the title favorite.”
Reunion with old friends
Once in Gladbach, now in Dortmund
For his colleague from Dortmund, Lucien Favre, the match against Gladbach is not only because of the table situation “a little bit special”. Finally, the Swiss to September was 2015 four and a half years of good work in Mönchengladbach, led the club even for the first time in the Champions League. “Of course I still have contacts there,” says Favre. So he called a few days ago by phone to the injured Moenchengladbach midfielder Raffael good improvement.
Failures in both Teams
In addition to Raphael the table second will be missing on Friday definitely also Matthias Ginter. Whether the ailing Lars can play Stindl, Jonas Hofmann, Christoph Kramer and Tony Jantschke and Nico Elvedi, is still open. But the BVB has now obtained the bad luck with injuries: Abdou Diallo, Manuel Akankji and Dan-Axel Zagadou three Central defenders for the crunch match.
“No Mission impossible”
The statistics speaks for BVB. To the 93. The two Teams meet in the Bundesliga on each other 35 times, the Dortmund, 29, won the “foal”-Eleven won. The last six games against Gladbach decided the Black-and-Yellow, in the last three duels in Dortmund, the hosts scored 14 hits (4:0, 4:1, 6:1). So far Gladbach’s coach Hecking doesn’t want to look but back. For him, the current Form, and the recent blunder of the BVB is one that makes him hope: “This is impossible no Mission. Also Fortuna Düsseldorf has done it.”
No matter how the match ends, it will not answer the question of who is the real Borussia. Because it was neither born in Mönchengladbach in Dortmund. Borussia was in the 19th century. Century, it is simply the neo-Latin term for Prussia.
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The top match BVB BorussiaBorussia Dortmund – Bor. Mönchengladbach
With BVB coach Favre and captain Reus (l.), there are two Dortmund have a successful company in the past. Regardless of the old club they will not take. The BVB is after the slip-up at Fortuna Düsseldorf under pressure. You lose the game, has become a soothing cushion within three days of the deviation of three points.
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The top match BVB BorussiaBayer 04 Leverkusen – Hertha BSC
The Werkself Refine the away win of Schalke with a victory at home against Berlin? Just another victory could give coach Gorgeous a fairly relaxed Christmas, but also so his future is in the balance. After all: The connection to the Europa League places would be made with a Threesome. Bayer loses, however, is definitely back in fashion crisis.
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The top match BVB BorussiaVfB Stuttgart – FC Schalke 04
“If my wife drives the car and with the Small is on the way, and I’m Worried. When she is alone at home, I’m Worried,” said Schalke coach Tedesco. “If Schalke loses, and I’m also Worried. But you can believe me: About me I’m not Worried about that. I’m relatively indifferent.” Nevertheless, Schalke is in crisis, which connects S04 with the table 16. VfB.
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The top match BVB BorussiaRB Leipzig – Werder Bremen
After the narrow defeat at Bayern Leipzig wants to say goodbye with a victory in the winter break. RB would like to let the distance to the top – at the moment, five points higher and on a Champions League place overwinter. Werder comes as a build-on opponents straight: The Bremen have lost more than won and have slipped into the midfield.
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The top match BVB BorussiaHannover 96 – Fortuna Düsseldorf
A victory at the conclusion of the totally messed-up first half of the season would be so important for 96-coach Breitenreiter and his Team. The Hanoverian horses will spend the winter maximum of the relegation places. Düsseldorf travel with self-confidence. The victory against Borussia Dortmund should give momentum. Or he makes in düsseldorf at the end, even reckless against a “normal” opponent?
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The top match BVB Borussia1. FC Nürnberg – SC Freiburg
Long faces were the rule at Nuremberg. For ten game days, the “Club” is winless. With 37 goals, the Franks have the most vulnerable defense of the League – no wonder you fell to the end table. A victory in the last game of the year against the last-often the weakness of Freiburg is actually mandatory. But easy to say.
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The top match BVB BorussiaEintracht Frankfurt – FC Bayern
Bayern coach Kovac returns to his old place of work. The development of his Ex-clubs, Eintracht has surprised Kovac: “I’m to be quite honest, in this Form I didn’t expect that.” And so the 47-Year-old has knowledge prior to the task on Saturday evening at the table the fifth respect: “We, what awaits us. Namely guys who want to defeat FC Bayern and by the way – even me.”
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The top match BVB BorussiaFC Augsburg – VfL Wolfsburg
“I dream,” replied coach Labbadia on the question of the ambitions of the “wolves”. With 13 points from their last five Games in the VfL is the team of the hour. The lower Saxony could hibernate with a point profit on a European Cup place. However, host Augsburg, currently table 13., must points on Sunday, he does not want to fall into the relegation battle.
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The top match BVB Borussia1899 Hoffenheim – FSV Mainz 95
It will inform TSG-striker Szalai (l.) on Sunday again? In the last two home of hope Heimer against Mainz to play the Hungary each had two hits. The Team of coach brand man for nine rounds unbeaten, hopes but after five draws in the series, finally back to a Threesome. Opponent Mainz is three days of play winless.