Marco Rose did it for the second time:
After the direct Champions League qualification with Red Bull Salzburg, he also leads Borussia Mönchengladbach to the places in the “premier class”.
While he left Salzburg’s appearance in the Champions League to his successor Jesse Marsch, the coach will be allowed to stand on the side for the first time in the coming season.
ÖFB team player Stefan Lainer will also be able to sniff the Champions League air for the first time. The 27-year-old is the long-running favorite in the “foal” team. Also in the decisive 2-1 win against Hertha BSC Berlin on Saturday (match report >>>>) the Salzburg player was on the pitch over the full distance – as in all league games since the winter break with the exception of one game that he missed due to a yellow card suspension would have.
Now the right-back is coming to the Champions League for the first time after years of waiting in Salzburg.
Leverkusen hopes for cup victory
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The Gladbachers prevailed in the remote duel for the fourth division final against Bayer Leverkusen, the club of the ÖFB legionaries Julian Baumgartlinger, Aleksandar Dragovic and Ramazan Özcan. Despite their 1-0 victory over Mainz, the Werkself have to console themselves with the Europa League and a remaining title chance: On Saturday (LIVE from 8:00 p.m. in the LAOLA1 ticker >>>>) the Leverkusen team will meet series champions Bayern Munich in the cup final in Berlin .
“The nice thing is that it hasn’t ended for us,” said Leverkusen’s sports director Rudi Völler after missing the premier class. “We want to give Bayern a big fight. In one game we can try to win the cup. And theoretically, if we win the Europa League, we can still get into the Champions League.” There Leverkusen is approaching the quarter-finals, the final tournament of the top eight rises in Germany in August.
Horn concert in front of Borussia Park
Mönchengladbach, on the other hand, was already allowed to celebrate. “We qualified for the Champions League – this is an exceptional moment for this club,” said Rose. Horn concerts in front of the stadium attest to this. Rose was a little wistful about the trailer locked out because of the coronavirus measures. “If we had done it with fans today, Borussia Park would have exploded.”
Rose didn’t want to overstate his own role. The step from Austria’s series champion into the German Bundesliga was not that big. “I was well prepared and I have a great coaching team,” emphasizes the 43-year-old. With Austrian assistant Rene Maric and athletics coach Patrick Eibenberger, two Austrians are also included.
The club wants to deal responsibly with the Champions League millions. “We will not spend huge sums for the new season, that is not possible at all,” explains Gladbach’s sports director Max Eberl. Instead, the additional income was intended to try to alleviate the “extreme losses” caused by the corona crisis.
But Eberl also wants to fight with Rose to “improve the squad quantitatively and qualitatively”. The wish list should include the unfortunate ÖFB youngster Hannes Wolf (21) at RB Leipzig, who once made the breakthrough under Rose in Salzburg.
Text: © LAOLA1.at/APA
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