Bundesliga soccer team Borussia Mönchengladbach took advantage of the international break and boosted their self-confidence for the Rhine derby in ten days at 1. FC Cologne.
In the test match against Belgian first division club VV St. Truiden, the Foals, who have only had one win this season in the league after seven games, prevailed 4-1 (3-0) on Thursday.
Nathan Ngoumou (26th), Patrick Herrmann (28th), Hannes Wolf (44th) and Manu Kone (77th) scored for Borussia, where coach Gerardo Seoane had filled the squad with a number of U23 players. Wolf, who had taken care of the half-time score, scored an own goal after the break (62′).
Gladbach travels to Cologne for the prestigious duel on October 22nd (3:30 p.m./DAZN). There, the Borussians, who are unbeaten away from home and are currently in twelfth place with six points, would like to further distance themselves from their arch-rivals. FC, still winless in the Bundesliga and bottom of the table with one point, went hunting for goals against district league team SC Germania Reusrath (15-0) on Wednesday.