Well, what was actually going on there? While the game between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hertha BSC (2-0) was still going on on Saturday evening, a familiar face suddenly appeared right next to Gladbach’s head coach that evening, Christian Peintinger. It was none other than Gladbach icon and record national player Lothar Matthäus who stayed in the coaching zone for a few moments.
Matthäus as the new Gladbach coach on the sidelines? The 60-year-old explained the explanation for this unusual sight himself: “There were only 40 seconds left to play,” Matthäus told the “kicker”.
Arm in arm with Christian Peintinger, who is actually the assistant coach to head coach Adi Hütter in Gladbach, Matthäus exchanged a few pleasantries, as he reported: “I said: You don’t have to be nervous, now you’ve won the game.”
In addition, Peintinger “sent greetings from a mutual friend from Austria” to the world footballer from 1990.
The scene was always curious, and it also caused a few laughs in the stands.
Adi Hütter was absent from Gladbach due to Corona
Lothar Matthäus was primarily active on Saturday evening in his function as a TV expert for the pay-TV channel “Sky”, where he is responsible, among other things, for game analysis after the game.
The native Franconian made his breakthrough as a Bundesliga professional at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Between 1979 and 1984, Matthäus played for the Fohlenelf for five years and played over 160 Bundesliga games during this time. Matthäus matured into a national player in Gladbach and then switched to Bayern Munich.
By the way: For the next Gladbach Bundesliga game on Friday evening at VfL Bochum (from 8:30 p.m.), Adi Hütter should be on the sidelines as usual after recovering from corona disease.