The defeat series of the promoted Fürth goes into overtime. The knocked-down bottom of the table conceded the tenth bankruptcy in a row. The result could have been even clearer.
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Florian Neuhaus (r) and the Gladbach team dominated against Fürth. Photo: Federico Gambarini / dpa (Image: dpa)
(Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa)
Mönchengladbach – Stefan Leitl’s conclusion was clear and reflected the current prospects for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the Bundesliga.
«That was a deserved defeat. We weren’t able to be an equal opponent from the first minute, ”said the coach after the 0: 4 (0: 3) at Borussia Mönchengladbach. Fürth lost for the eleventh time on the twelfth matchday.
At the break, the game was decided after goals from Jonas Hofmann (9th minute), Florian Neuhaus (28th) and Alessandro Plea (43th). National player Hofmann crowned his performance in the second half with a goal to make it 4-0 (57th). “With 0: 3 in the cabin, there was a lot of uncertainty,” said Leitl. Nevertheless, he also praised his team. In the second half she “did well within our means”.
Gladbach’s coach Adi Hütter, whose team is still unbeaten at home, was “very happy about a well-deserved win. It was also very important to me to have played to zero. ”
Neuhaus with good performance
Hütter had surprisingly put Neuhaus into the starting line-up. The 24-year-old, who had to sit on the bench since the seventh matchday at least at kick-off, had only publicly complained about his situation last week and asked for more playing time. Coach Hütter’s answer: “Train, march and perform. Period. The end.” And Neuhaus had the chance to implement this right away against Fürth.
But his teammates provided the first highlight: After a pass from the strong captain Lars Stindl, Hofmann scored in front of Marius Funk to make it 1-0 early. But 20 minutes later, Neuhaus provided the highlight. After a failed tee shot by keeper Funk, the Gladbach player shot the ball from around 35 meters into the empty goal. “Not everyone does the goal. Hitting the empty gate from there is one thing. But first you have to have the idea. He showed a very good performance », praised Hütter.
Fürth lacked the ideas
The Fürth goalkeeper Funk was still the best player of the guests despite his mistake. With numerous parades, the 25-year-old prevented an even higher deficit. The post (37th) was also in the way of Stindl.
At times, the people of Fürth acted bravely forwards, but the ideas were simply missing. While the defenders made too many mistakes in the back, many attack attempts were not consistently played to the end. Gladbach’s goalkeeper Yann Sommer experienced a very quiet afternoon in his 300th Bundesliga game.
However, his opponent had to use all his skills several times in the second half – and after Hofmann’s second goal he got the ball out of the net once more.
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