SV Darmstadt lost a 3-0 win
Gladbach averts debacle and remains in crisis mode
September 17, 2023, 7:29 p.m
After 45 minutes everything looks like a debacle for Borussia Mönchengladbach. They are 3-0 behind at newly promoted SV Darmstadt. The game ends after a controversial red card against the hosts. The lilies lose their heads, the foals run. It only goes to one point.
Borussia Mönchengladbach prevented a bitter slap at newly promoted Darmstadt 98 with great morale. After an indisputable first half and a three-goal deficit, the Fohlen saved a 3:3 (0:3) with the Hessians thanks to a long majority, but also missed their first Bundesliga victory under their new coach Gerardo Seoane and at the fourth attempt are complaining about their worst start to the season in eight years.
After Marvin Mehlem (8th), Matej Maglica (10th) and Tim Skarke (33rd) had given the Lilies the lead, Gladbach came through through Jordan Siebatcheu (56th), Florian Neuhaus (73rd) and Tomas Cvancara (77th). ) back. Cvancara had also previously failed from the point (50th). Darmstadt paid the lesson after being red against Maglica (49th after video evidence for handball), but at least got the first point.
After the decent performance against champions Bayern Munich (1:2), Seoane made two changes. Franck Honorat and starting eleven Siebatcheu moved into the Gladbach team, for which “willingness to fight and run” will be important in Darmstadt, as the Borussia coach emphasized: “We know what to expect.”
Darmstadt overruns Gladbach
But there was no sign of this before the break in front of 17,810 fans in the sold-out stadium at the Böllenfalltor. The Rhinelanders got off to a nightmare start, appeared sleepy, allowed themselves to be overwhelmed by the lilies at times – and were punished early for a frightening performance.
First Mehlem started on his own and pushed in to give Darmstadt the lead, and just moments later Maglica increased the score with his head. The double blow from the SVD further unsettled the young foal team. Although the Gladbachers seemed to calm the game down a bit after Alassane Plea’s finish (28′), coach Torsten Lieberknecht’s team continued to invest a lot.
Skarke initially hit the post, but a minute later he uncompromisingly put the ball into the net for the third goal. The guests had to thank goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas, who prevented them from going even further behind at the break.
Four changes at the break
Seoane made four changes during half-time – and gained hope shortly after the restart. First, substitute Cvancara failed miserably with his penalty against SVD keeper Marcel Schuhen after the ball hit Maglica’s hand in the penalty area and the Darmstadt player was sent off the pitch. But then Rocco Reitz put his neighbor Siebatcheu in the spotlight.
Emir Karic (61st) put another exclamation mark for the exhausted Lilies, but in the final phase it was the Gladbach team who were particularly pressing. But Schuhen was there again and again until Neuhaus caused further tension. Gladbach’s equalizer at the beginning of the final phase by the previously unlucky Cvancara was, overall, fortunate.