After the promising start to the year against Augsburg (4:0), Gladbach suffered a severe setback on Wednesday. The Polanski team lost 1:5 to TSG Hoffenheim. Was it also because the statistically decis...
After the promising start to the year against Augsburg (4:0), Gladbach suffered a severe setback on Wednesday. The Polanski team lost 1:5 to TSG Hoffenheim. Was it also because the statistically decisive player was left to stew on the bench?
A few months ago, hardly anyone would have believed it, but without Florian Neuhaus, things just don't work for the Foals.
With the midfield strategist on the pitch, VfL can boast a clearly positive goal difference of 18:6 in the current season; without him, things look very different.
So far, Gladbach have recorded a goal difference of 5:23 when Neuhaus is not involved on the field. That was also the case recently against Hoffenheim, where the ten-time international spent the entire match on the bench.
Coach Eugen Polanski explained the decision with a changed approach: “We wanted to have a bit more tackling strength and defensive thinking on the pitch against an intense opponent.” As is well known, that didn't work at all—perhaps the coach should consider Neuhaus again for the upcoming duel against HSV (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.).
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