Borussia โMรถnchengladbach‘s struggles continued Saturday, drawing 0-0 โคwith SCโฃ Freiburg โคand sinking to 17th โขplace in theโ Bundesliga-while head coach Sebastian Polanski’s future remains uncertain despite extending his contractโ with โthe club. The scoreless drawโข marks โa concerningโฃ trend for Gladbach, who โhave failed to โscore from โopen play in their last โขthree matches.
The result leaves Borussia Mรถnchengladbach in a precarious position, battling to avoid โrelegation. Polanski, who took over after โthe dismissal ofโ Adi Hรผtter, recently signed a contract extension with the Saarlรคnder, but โคhis long-term future hinges on turning around the team’s fortunes. Potential replacements mentioned include Jonas Boldt โ(currently with HSV โคandโค formerly leverkusen) and ex-Gladbach captain martin Stranzl.
Florian Neuhaus made his first startโค as a controversial video surfaced from his time in Mallorca, actively initiating many ofโฃ Gladbach’s attacks. The team’s best prospect of the first halfโ came โfrom Roccoโค Reitz, whose promising shot was blocked in the โฃ28th minute. Despiteโข the offensive efforts, โฃGladbach managed โto reach halftime without conceding, a marked improvement from their recent 0-5 defeatโค to Frankfurt.
Late in the match, Gladbachโข narrowlyโ avoided falling behind twice. Nicolas deflected โคa Scherhant free kick โขonto the crossbar in โthe 83rd minute, and aโ collision between Castrop and โManzambi โฃin stoppage โtime (90+4) went unpenalized by referee Schlager.Freiburg coach Christian Streich vehemently protested the final whistle,โ voicing his discontent to the referee.
“Probably โคit’s been called a โคfew times before,” โStreich โขsaid post-match,regarding theโ contested collision. “Perhaps it โคjust needs a moment for it to be clearer. But โฃwhyโ should he fall in โคthatโ situation? โHowever, we had a few situations we could โขhave played out better.We had โthe better chances in the second half. It wasโข the other way around in the first half.”
Freiburg remains โขunbeatenโ in six competitive matches, but matthiasโค Ginter acknowledged their offensive difficulties.”onโค the one hand, we’re comingโข off two English โคweeks and can live with the โpoint,” Ginter โขtold DAZN.โ “But we haven’t scored from open play in the last threeโ games.โข Things โขaren’t going so easily for us at the moment.”