🧱 What on earth is happening today? Gladbach’s defensive wall crumbles | OneFootball

"We thought we had left those times behind us" – this is likely the current mindset of Gladbach fans at Borussia-Park.

Things were actually going really well for Borussia. The Polanski squad recently secured 13 out of a possible 15 points – only FC Bayern was more successful in this period across the league. If the Foals had kept a clean sheet again today – as they did recently against Heidenheim, Leipzig, and Mainz – it would have been a new club record.

Would have, could have, bicycle chain...

However, this plan was thwarted just four minutes into the home game against VfL Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer got past the shaky Sander and scored to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead away from home.

Although Gladbach equalized after about 20 minutes, benefiting from a header own goal by Konstantinos Koulierakis, just eight minutes later, the shaky defensive wall of the Foals conceded the next goal.

This time it was Mohammed Amoura who scored for the resurgent Wolfsburg team. Just four minutes later, it got even worse for Gladbach: a hair-raising mispass by Diks resulted in the 1-3. Eriksen set it up perfectly, passing to Wimmer, who finished flat from six meters for his second goal of the day.

So far, things are not going well at all for Polanski's boys. VfL Wolfsburg, on the other hand, is confirming the turnaround initiated by interim coach Bauer. The Lower Saxony team has taken four points from the last two games – and who knows, maybe today they'll add another three. After 45 minutes, it certainly looks that way.

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