Lewejohann upset – late mistake costs point

On the twelfth matchday of the Regionalliga West, KFC Uerdingen was a guest at Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23 team. A late bad pass cost KFC a well-deserved point.

On the twelfth matchday of the Regionalliga West, KFC Uerdingen lost 0-1 to Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23 team. Coach René Lewejohann’s team therefore missed out on the top spots in the table for the time being.

Before the match against Borussia’s second team, Uerdingen were in seventh place with 16 points. KFC had recently been unbeaten in three games in a row. But despite the winning streak, it was clear that the duel against the young foals would be a tough test. Borussia were in fourth place with 21 points before the match.

Borussia’s second team has technically skilled players – typical for U23 teams. This is also why Gladbach have the second best offense in the league. But Lewejohann has a recipe for success against these teams. They got a point against the second team of 1. FC Cologne, and even beat Paderborn’s second team. Lewejohann: “Men’s football wins against good, attractive youth football.”

That wasn’t the case against the Fohlen, but the Uerdingen team still showed a courageous and committed performance over 90 minutes. The 40-year-old agreed: “We played courageously, we didn’t hide. That’s exactly how I imagine our game.”

I’m very emotionally charged and really need to calm down. But that was bitter and really annoys me.

Rene Lewejohann

In the end, however, this performance was not rewarded. For Lewejohann, it was an undeserved defeat: “I hardly saw Gladbach at all in the whole game. Apart from a shot that hit the crossbar and one or two moves in the penalty area, we played perfectly against the ball.”

The decisive goal was also not due to a beautifully played move. A serious misplaced pass from central defender Joyce Tshitoku led to the defeat late on. Tshitoku played the ball into the feet of Borussia striker Noah Pesch without any pressure from the opposition. Lewejohann: “A real capital error. It annoys me even more that we discussed it in detail in the dressing room. I said beforehand that he should shoot the ball forward first. The fact that he then played it in so unnecessarily is annoying.”

On the twelfth matchday of the Regionalliga West, KFC Uerdingen was a guest at Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23 team. A late misplaced pass ultimately cost KFC a well-deserved point.

Before the match against Borussia’s second team, Uerdingen were in seventh place in the table with 16 points. Most recently, KFC was unbeaten in three games in a row. But despite the winning streak, it was clear that the duel against the young Fohlen would be a tough test. Before the match, Borussia was in fourth place in the table with 21 points.

Borussia’s second team has technically skilled players – typical for U23 teams. This is also why Gladbach has the second best offense in the league. But Lewejohann has a recipe for success against these teams. They got one point against the second team of 1. FC Köln, and even beat Paderborn’s second team. Lewejohann: “Men’s football wins against good, attractive youth football.”

That was not the case against the Fohlen, but the Uerdingen team still showed a courageous and committed performance over 90 minutes. The 40-year-old also saw it that way: “We played courageously, we didn’t hide. That’s exactly how I imagine our game.”

I’m very emotionally charged and really need to calm down. But that was bitter and annoys me a lot.

Rene Lewejohann
In the end, however, this performance was not rewarded. For Lewejohann, it was ultimately an undeserved defeat: “I hardly saw Gladbach at all in the whole game. Apart from a shot that hit the crossbar and one or two actions in the penalty area, we played perfectly against the ball.”

The decisive goal was not the result of a beautifully played move either. A serious misplaced pass from center back Joyce Tshitoku led to the defeat late on. Tshitoku played the ball into the feet of Borussia striker Noah Pesch without any pressure from the opposition. Lewejohann: “A real capital mistake. It annoys me even more that we discussed this in detail in the dressing room. I said beforehand that he should shoot the ball forward first. The fact that he then played it in there so unnecessarily is annoying.”