Lothar Matthäus is fretting over his former side Borussia Mönchengladbach. The ex-European heavyweights are bottom of the Bundesliga with 2 points from five games.
Lothar Matthäus is fretting over his former side Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The ex-European heavyweights are bottom of the Bundesliga with 2 points from five games.
The sacking of Gerardo Seoane heralded a battling 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen under interim boss Eugen Polanski on September 21, but they then conceded five goals in the first half of a wild 6-4 loss at home to Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend.
"I have not only been worried since the last matchday. I already said before the season that Mönchengladbach should be looking downwards rather than upwards. That opinion was not so wrong," Matthäus told reporters late on Monday at a premiere of a film about Rudi Völler.
"But for it to be as bad as the first 60 minutes (on Saturday) – I hope that remains an exception. That was not Bundesliga-level, nor was it second-division level. That was, and I don't mean this maliciously, for me a refusal to work."
The 64-year-old, who played for the club from 1979 to 1984, described it as the "worst 60 minutes in Borussia Mönchengladbach's history."
Former Gladbach player Polanski will remain on the bench for the match against Freiburg on Sunday.
"Eugen has earned a fair chance," Gladbach sporting director Roland Virkus told Sport1's Doppelpass programme at the weekend.
Virkus then hinted at an imminent decision afterwards regarding the long-term coaching position.
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