Eugen Polanski can work in peace with Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23 team. KFC Uerdingen, Gladbach’s next opponent (19.10, 2 p.m.), can only dream of peace.
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s U23 team is having a strong season. With 21 points from ten games, Gladbach is in the middle of the race for promotion.
Former Bundesliga professional Eugen Polanski, coach of the U23 team, is enthusiastic about his team: “We have a really good team. The boys have internalized the game system and the principles. We rarely have games that are real outliers. That increases the probability of winning.”
The young foals have only suffered one defeat. And that was against Fortuna Köln, second in the Regionalliga West. Most recently, Borussia scored a 5-0 landslide victory against 1. FC Düren. The talented striker Noah Pesch was twice successful. The 19-year-old scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season against Düren and is now at the top of the list of goalscorers.
Two weeks have now passed since the landslide victory against Düren. Last weekend, the Gladbach juniors did not have to play. “In the end, we actually had three days off. The pros also used the international break to bring players up. That means we trained in smaller groups anyway,” reports Polanski.
The next opponent is KFC Uerdingen. A club that is particularly noisy off the pitch. That does not leave the competition unscathed. “Of course you notice that. I think it is difficult not to notice it. Especially when you are out and about here in the west,” says Polanski about the opponent.
Tomorrow, Saturday, it is a sporting test and everything else is secondary. And if you were to take it into account, you would have to give the team a positive credit because, despite these disputes, they simply performed.
Eugen Polanski
Nevertheless, he emphasises the sporting sovereignty of the KFC team: “On Saturday, it’s a sporting measurement and everything else is secondary. And if you were to take it into account, you would have to give the team a positive credit because, despite these disputes, they simply performed.”
His match plan: “We want to play dominant, courageous football, use possession to get the ball and create lots of chances. In theory, it seems to be a game in our favour, but practice will show in the end how it really is.”