😵 Players, coach, management: Experts pick apart struggling Gladbach | OneFootball

Sportingly, Borussia Mönchengladbach is currently in free fall. Across seasons, they haven't celebrated a victory in 14 Bundesliga games, which currently results in them being at the bottom of the table. In the 'Sport1 Doppelpass', experts were therefore very critical of the club.

"A team where you can tell that fear is running through their heads," Markus Babbel claimed to have noticed, and he further explained: "There is absolutely no self-confidence. There is no player who takes the team with him. Incredibly weak in duels as well."

Felix Kroos and Stefan Effenberg suspect the cause of these problems lies one (or several) levels higher. The former couldn't see any coach effect after Eugen Polanski took over.

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Although the ex-Gladbach pro found an insecure team, he still failed to break what he called the "typical pattern" of the Foals. "They always fall behind. Only then do they start to react. They go into the game with fear and uncertainty. Then, when there's nothing left to lose, they try," judged the former Werder and Union pro.

Meanwhile, ex-Borusse Effenberg speculates even more fundamental difficulties. "Last season, they were one step away from Europe seven matchdays before the end. If you then start the new season with such a record and Virkus steps down of his own accord, then there's something rotten at the core of the club," the 57-year-old was sure during the talk round on Sunday.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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