Sunday, December 5th, 2021
Freiburg celebrates the highest victory
Gladbach conceded six goals in 37 minutes
The goalless second half is the only good thing Borussia Mönchengladbach experiences on this 14th matchday. In the first 45 minutes, however, SC Freiburg played like unleashed and scored six times. For the people of Breisgau it is the highest victory in Bundesliga history.
Historic disaster after the derby bankruptcy: Borussia Mönchengladbach fell into a deep crisis just 39 days after the cup coup against Bayern Munich. After a subterranean performance in the 0: 6 (0: 6) against SC Freiburg, the team of coach Adi Hütter suffered the highest home defeat in the Bundesliga for 23 years and fell to 13th place. An uncomfortable pre-Christmas period awaits Hütter. Only last week, his team incurred the anger of the appendix after the bitter 1: 4 defeat at arch rivals 1. FC Köln.
In a memorable first half, Maximilian Eggestein (2nd), Kevin Schade (5th), Philipp Lienhart (12th), Nicolas Höfler (19th), Lucas Höler (25th) and Nico Schlotterbeck (37th) punished the numerous inadequacies the host freezing cold. Only the Gladbachers themselves had scored five goals after 25 minutes in the Bundesliga in 1984 in a 10-0 win against Eintracht Braunschweig, but never before in an away team.
Freiburg ended their series of three defeats with the highest away win in their league history. This means that coach Christian Streich’s team is on a Champions League spot even after the 14th matchday.
In contrast to the Cologne game, Hütter changed his starting eleven to two positions. Marcus Thuram and Stefan Lainer replaced captain Lars Stindl and Patrick Herrmann. Among the guests, Ermedin Demirovic moved into the starting line-up for Woo-Yeong Jeong after the defeat at newly promoted VfL Bochum. Striker Nils Petersen was initially on the bench after recovering from a knee injury.
Gladbach fans sing along with: “Oh, how nice it is”
The guests didn’t even need the ex-national player, they gratefully accepted the Gladbacher’s invitations even without Petersen. After preliminary work by Schade, Eggestein took the lead from close range. Schade followed up after Christian Günter’s cross just three minutes later.
The defense of the five-time German champion was like a pile of chickens. No allocation, no room layout – the Freiburg residents were amazed at their freedom. Central defender Lienhart has already scored his fourth goal of the season, Höfler, Höler and Schlotterbeck made the number two, three and four headers at Borussia-Park.
The Gladbach fans among the 10,025 spectators reacted early on to the first home defeat of the season with a whistle, then they joined in the chants of Freiburg sardonically: “Oh, how nice it is.” Some left the stadium after the first half.
And Hütter? He was stunned on the sidelines and reacted to the presentation of his team with a double change after half an hour. Lainer and Alassane Plea had to go down – the coach could have replaced the other nine players.