On Saturday (11 April, 2 p.m., live ticker), Rot-Weiß Oberhausen will face Borussia Mönchengladbach II. RWO want to show a reaction to their last performance.
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen have been waiting for a win for six matches. RWO has now slipped to ninth place. One thing is clear: Mike Terranova is dissatisfied.
Accordingly, the Oberhausen coach expects a reaction from his charges on Saturday (April 11, 2 p.m., Forecasting live ticker). “We’ll come up against a strong team that recently won 4:0. Borussia have been very variable in recent weeks and have shown many line-ups, but we will be prepared for that.”
Terranova will still be without Nico Klaß and Michel Niemeyer. Meanwhile, Fabian Holthaus and Marius Kleinsorge have returned to training but will not be an option for Saturday’s game. Robin Benz and Pierre Fassnacht, meanwhile, will be back in the RWO squad.
The Foals’ U23s travel to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen with a tailwind after last weekend’s 4-0 win over SV Lippstadt. “A win always does something positive for you. But in our analysis, we saw that we have the potential to play even better. We also have to take that with us,” said Eugen Polanski.
The team from Oberhausen are a seasoned side with a huge amount of quality and experience.
Eugen Polanski
However, the Gladbach U23 coach warns against the upcoming opponents: “Oberhausen haven’t been able to achieve the results we hoped for in the league recently. Nevertheless, they reached the final of the association cup. So they still have goals and will certainly present us with challenges.”
The teams drew goalless in the first leg. “Oberhausen are a seasoned team with a huge amount of quality and experience. Against teams like that, it’s always important to counter them physically and make few mistakes, because they will be punished immediately,” emphasized Polanski. At the Stadion Niederrhein, the 38-year-old can once again draw from the full