Gladbach: Tiago Pereira Cardoso on Saturday in goal? Praise from Virkus

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Borussia Mönchengladbach will also have to do without Jonas Omlin next weekend, in addition to the injured regular keeper Moritz Nicolas, who saw the red card against FC Augsburg at 0: 3 (0-0). The 31-year-old was replaced after the promotion of routine Tobias Sippel, who was the only substitute on the bench. It is by no means certain that the 36-year-old will also stand between the posts at the 1st FC Heidenheim on Saturday. Talent Tiago Pereira Cardoso can hope for his professional debut.

The 18 -year -old youth goalkeeper from Luxembourg has been playing at Borussia for two and a half years and was only used this season on the U19. At the second team in the Regionalliga West he was allowed to go three times last season, and he has never stood in the Bundesliga squad.

Managing Director Roland Virkus did not want to rule out that Pereira Cardoso, who curiously, has already had three A-internationals for Luxembourg, could stand directly in the starting eleven against Heidenheim. “Suddenly putting an 18-year-old into the goal is a board. But it brings a lot of quality, ”the“ kicker ”quotes him.

Teammate Sippel’s professional debut was over 17 years ago, in October 2007 he was allowed to go for the 1st FC Kaiserslautern in the 2nd Bundesliga against TSG Hoffenheim (0: 1) at the age of 19. This was followed by 221 missions for the Red Devils and 26 games for Borussia since 2015. “The question arises: do you focus on security and experience? You don’t want to throw in such a young goalkeeper too early. But our goalkeeper coaches certainly have the right feeling in this case, ”says Virkus.