Bielefeld (dpa) – Borussia Mönchengladbach’s coach Marco Rose was able to do without sports director Max Eberl, at least this time.
As much as Eberl will be missing from his head coach as a supporter, advisor and conversation partner – the end of the Gladbach Sieglos series at the beginning of Eberl’s unusual break in January easily outshone his absence.
“If it goes on like this, Max can rest for a few days,” teased Rose after the 1-0 (0-0) at Arminia Bielefeld. The new year started successfully for Borussia, even without Eberl. The sports director had secured a four-week break when he renewed his contract until 2026.
“Max wrote,” reported Gladbach coach Rose. “He congratulated me on a very good away game. I don’t know where he was looking. ”Whether at home on the Lower Rhine or in the beloved Bavarian mountains – Eberl, especially Rose, will of course be missing in the coming weeks. After the successful start to the year, trend-setting weeks await the Champions League round of 16.
“We want to compete with the best. And we certainly don’t have to hide there, ”said international Florian Neuhaus before the hit against FC Bayern on Friday. In January without head of sport, Rose Gladbach also has to get back on the Champions League course with the surprise teams VfB Stuttgart and Union Berlin, as well as against Bremen. After four league games without a win at the end of 2020, Borussia is lagging behind the claims with 21 points from 14 games as seventh in the table. At the same time in the preseason, the Rose team was ten more points ahead of the game.
Rose will be there alone in just under three weeks when it comes to the prestige duel with Borussia Dortmund and all its accompanying circumstances. BVB should be interested in rose for the new season. According to reports, the current Gladbach trainer should hesitate about what he should do in view of an exit clause. He will have to comment, moderate and, above all, sell in front of his team on the newly emerging topic around the game. “He’s missing”, Rose confessed to Sky in view of Eberl’s break. “But we will still manage it. He deserved it. ”Rose has actually gained a lot, because there is still work to be done on the pitch.
As dominant and convincing as Gladbach’s appearance in Bielefeld was – the victory should have been significantly higher. Breel Embolo alone should have decided the game in the first half before his winning goal (58th minute). “Of course we could have scored three or four goals. But we don’t do that at the moment. At some point there will be phases where the balls fall back in more easily. At the moment it is important that we work our way through the game, ”said Rose, whose team would not have won for almost the eighth time after taking a lead this season, given the weakness in the final in Bielefeld. “But we won and we deserved to win,” said the Borussia coach, almost defiantly.
Nevertheless, this is a topic in the team. “Of course we have to work on it”, warned Neuhaus and Jonas Hofmann said after his strong Bundesliga comeback after recovering from injury: “We know that we didn’t score enough goals.” It was all the more important for the players to have a tight lead despite the fact To have brought chances over the time. “We wanted to leave that in the old year. We finally wanted to defend it to the end. We did that, ”said Neuhaus.
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