Urbich celebrates debut for Borussia
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Crisis club Borussia Mönchengladbach did not get beyond a draw against SC Freiburg and continues to wait for the first win of the season in the Bundesliga. The team of interim coach Eugen Polanski separated 0-0 from the Breisgauen at the end of the 6th matchday. In front of 44,709 spectators in the Borussia Park, the Gladbacher played committed. In front of the gate, however, precision and cold navigation were missing.
Freiburg showed a decent outdoor performance, but was rarely dangerous at the front. For the team of coach Julian Schuster, it was the fourth league game one after the other without defeat. Freiburg is eighth. Gladbach is tied with the bottom of the table in the second place in the table. Under Polanski, Borussia has now played twice and lost once.
Both teams fought a duel from the start at a very manageable level. A week after the 4: 6 debacle against Eintracht Frankfurt, the Borussia tried in the game. However, flanks or passes in the top were often too imprecise to cause danger.
It took almost half an hour until the first real chance. Florian Neuhaus, who was in the starting eleven for the first time this season, staged Rocco Reitz. But his Freiburg counterpart Christian Günter clarified the shot of the Gladbach captain.
Freiburg retired and let the hosts come. Borussia did not bring about much more than a few more harmless shots of distance. After all, the defensive of the Gladbacher looked safe for the few attempts to attack the SCF. Against Frankfurt it had already stood 0: 5 at halftime and the players had been adopted into the cabin with whistles.
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This time there was encouraging applause from the Gladbach fans at the break, who thanked a large saying band at the sports director Roland Virkus for 35 years of work in the club. The Borussia had already had promising discussions when looking for successes, said managing director Stefan Stegemann at “DAZN”. However, it did not become much more specific.
At the beginning of the second half, Gladbach showed more offensive urge than the guests at the beginning of the second half. With a new house attempt from 20 meters, Freiburg’s keeper Noah Atubolu had no problems. Reserve scorer Jan Urbich, who started the season under Polanski with eleven goals in ten regional league games, should provide even more danger after his substitution around 20 minutes before the end, but remained pale.
On the other hand, Jan-Niklas narrowly missed the Gladbach goal with a head. The scene after almost an hour was the best chance to score Freiburg until then. However, the guests now became a little researcher. Substitute Johan Manzambi moved away from a short distance. The Freiburg Gate was now in the air. Especially when Derry Scherhann put a free kick on the crossbar (83.). Gladbach defended further attempts to attack with luck and skill. The Borussia itself was no longer dangerous.
