At Borussia Mönchengladbach, after the historical debacle against SC Freiburg, perplexity prevails. Manager Max Eberl does not want to let a discussion about coach Adi Hütter arise.
“It was already surreal today,” said Eberl DAZN after the 0: 6 against Freiburg, the highest home defeat for Gladbach in the Bundesliga for 23 years. Adi Hütter’s team received the next blow in the neck after the 1: 4 derby defeat at 1. FC Köln in the previous week and is only 13th in the table.
When asked whether he still believed in a common path, given only 18 points after 14 games, Eberl replied: “If we come to the point in football that you lose two games and then general questions are asked or suggested, then I can I don’t identify with it. You decide for something, you go one way, it means to go through thick and thin and not immediately make the decision, something has to be changed. I know what the question means. “
For today one is confused, “tomorrow we have to wake up and get up again. That is part of football,” said Eberl – but the six goals conceded in the first half left their mark. “What went through my head? Sorry, what shit is going on? And why don’t we fight back? Why do we fall into such lethargy in a game like this, a harmlessness in terms of tackling and defending standards. You think that we can do a lot better and beat Bayern 5-0 five weeks ago. That is then too rapid a decline in our performance, “said Eberl.
Gladbach debacle: Hütter speechless
It has been 39 days since the Gladbachers sent FC Bayern home 5-0 in the DFB Cup. “Against Bayern we were amazed. We are doing that again today,” said Hütter now – otherwise largely speechless after the bitter bankruptcy against Freiburg: “After such a defeat, it is not easy to find words. That is inexplicable for me . I can only apologize for our appearance. “
Patrick Herrmann also seemed at a loss. “It’s hard to put into words. We played absolute shit and catastrophe,” said the attacking player: “We have to fight our way out. Now we have a phase where it really sucks. It’s going to be a sleepless night today.”
