Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23s are guests at Alemannia Aachen on Friday evening (11 August, 19.30). A large crowd is expected.
After two defeats at the start – 1:2 against Düren and 2:3 against Wuppertal – Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23 team will take on Alemannia Aachen on Friday (11 August, 7.30 pm).
Coach Eugen Polanski hopes his team will build on the good performance of the previous match. “Despite the defeat, we were at 100 per cent last weekend. The team delivered exactly what we want to see from them. Unfortunately, the boys could not reward themselves for their efforts in the end. But if we continue to perform like this, we will increase the likelihood of winning,” explained the former Bundesliga professional ahead of the match at the Tivoli.
Polanski knows what to expect from his team in Aachen. By Friday, around 12,000 tickets had been sold. Alemannia, who welcomed a staggering 27,300 spectators in their first home game of the season against Wuppertal, are expecting 15,000 fans this time.
Polanski, who will be without goalkeeper Maximilian Brüll, who received a red card in Wuppertal, as well as the injured Jacob Italiano and Yassir Atty, says: “We want to offer the spectators an exciting game and not be intimidated by the large crowd, but rather let it push us. I think every player looks forward to games like this and would love to play in front of thousands of fans every week. “
This is a good team with high quality. We must not be blinded by the results of Gladbach’s first two games. It will be a demanding task. We want to keep the points on the Tivoli!
Helge Hohl
Polanski adds: “Aachen is a brutally strong team that has strengthened itself very well this summer. They have enormous width in their squad, have very high individual quality and can play different systems.”
But the Aacheners around coach Helge Hohl also have great respect for Borussia’s U23s. Nevertheless, after the defeat against Wuppertal and the win in Lippstadt, Alemannia naturally want to win their first home treble. “They are a good team with high quality. We must not be blinded by the results of Gladbach’s first two games. It will be a demanding task. We want to keep the points on the Tivoli!”