This is how Eberl brought success
Borussia Mönchengladbach has been one of the crowd pullers in Germany for decades. That was already the case before a duo consisting of manager Max Eberl and trainer Lucien Favre made the “foals” one of the best clubs in the Bundesliga in terms of sport. The new episode of the Transfermarkt podcast “Done Deals” is about Borussia’s rise: Which tactical tricks, which less good, which good transfers and which direct hits made sure that a relegation candidate became a regular guest in the European Cup? Host Max Ropers is on the case with him Football analyst Benny Grund to the bottom. Listen now at Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.
On February 12, 2011, Michael Frontzeck sat on the Gladbach coaching bench for the last time – after the 1: 3 at FC St. Pauli it was over. 22 match days, 56 goals conceded and 18th place prompted Max Eberl to bring ex-Hertha coach Favre back to the Bundesliga after a year and a half break. However, the Swiss was not the classic fireman. “For me, Favre is the epitome of a developer who can develop a team and especially young players over 34 match days. He did that very, very well in Gladbach,” says Grund.
Favre put an 18-year-old Marc-André ter Stegen between the posts in the relegation battle and was rewarded. The coach “stands for a football guideline. A lot of value is placed on playing with the ball.
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It’s not the typical relegation battle football, but there are a lot of ball possession passages. Lots of degrees, lots of goals, lots of attacking football. Above all, there is structure in it and with Favre you didn’t rely on this squad staying in the league just by fighting, scratching and biting,” said Grund.
Favre made one of the greatest swings in football history, going from 65 goals conceded (1.91 per game) and saving via relegation in 2010/11 to a top defensive streak with 24 goals conceded (0.71) in 2011/12 and 4th place . Place. No other team in Europe’s top leagues has managed to achieve such an increase in performance in this millennium. And “it was at some point over the years that Marco Reus switched from the wing to the hanging point, where he had his best scorers at Gladbach,” says Grund, naming one of the reasons why Borussia not only played defensively, but also in the offensive trumped.
While Reus moved on to BVB in 2012, the Gladbachers under Eberl subsequently distinguished themselves by keeping many of their top performers for the long term. The search for a functioning centre-forward also became a trademark during Eberl’s tenure. These and other focal points, such as Favre’s hasty departure in 2015 to the end of Eberl’s 13-year tenure, are the subject of the new episode of “Done Deals”.
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