With luck it is such a thing. You can not rely on it. Borussia Mönchengladbach had previously closed a pact with luck this season. In the Europa League, Marco Rose's team scored in stoppage goals in just three games. As it had to come on Thursday evening, almost as it came: The Borussia retired against the Turkish club Basaksehir by a goal in the last minute from the Europa League. The luck had turned away.
Last Saturday, the Bundesliga leaders had won against Bayern Munich a game that he should never have won after the first hour, by a goal in the last minute. It is this accumulation of scant results, which shows one thing above all: For all legitimate euphoria around the Borussia Park Borussia is only on the way to becoming a stable top team. What is relatively normal when viewed in light.
A victory against Bayern, especially if it means defending the championship leader, is usually proof that you can beat anyone in football, at least in Germany. In Mönchengladbach, where fans are used to disappointment and almost expect it, this success and the way it came about eased the brakes.
Since Saturday is talked about the possible autumn championship without great scruples, it is also not forbidden, half a year to think ahead. The finger of goalkeeper Yann Sommer, who artistically prevented a Bayerntor on Saturday, is celebrated in a club video. Something like this does not remain without impression even with players. That a mistake of the otherwise so reliable summer Basaksehir in the 1-1 equalizer brought back into the game, can be interpreted as a hint.
The team has been balancing on the rope for weeks
"We missed a goal, and that's a huge disappointment," coach Marco Rose commented on the Europa League exit. In the 89th minute of the game, the Borussia was still group winner, one minute later eliminated after the goal by Istanbul Enzo Crivelli. This shows not only the vicissitudes of football, but also how much the team is balancing on the rope in these weeks.
The team also had phases in which they were defensively vulnerable and in the league, as they did against Eintracht Frankfurt (4: 2) Werder Bremen (3: 1) or SC Freiburg (4: 2) the game could have turned in the other direction as well. This has been masked by the outstanding offensive to final player Marcus Thuram, partly forgotten in public. After negative experiences like on Thursday one remembers it again.
After the 0: 4 home defeat against Wolfsberger AC in the first game of the Europa League, the Rose team was also from then on under pressure. It was held in the games against AS Roma and in the second leg of the Austrians, but it was clear from the beginning of the group stage that Borussia should have allowed no further slip-up. It was then in the 90th minute on Thursday.
Focus now on the league alone
After the DFB Cup, the team has now failed early in the Europa League - in Mönchengladbach they now have the option to positively reinterpret this. The club must now concentrate on the Bundesliga alone - the competition from Dortmund, Leipzig and Munich, however, has to shoulder the triple burden of the Cup, European Cup and championship. This can be an advantage, but on the other hand, there have already been enough cases where teams have just played into the rhythm through many games.
The end in the DFB Cup Gladbach has put away relatively unimpressed. After the 1: 2 in Dortmund, the Rose-Eleven then continued in the league her winning streak. The departure in the European Cup, so close and so close to the final whistle, is more painful. Whether it is more sustainable, the match will be on Sunday at VfL Wolfsburg show. "We have already shown that we can fight back this season," says offensive player Patrick Herrmann.
Top clubs can take away such defeats. On Sunday you will see how far Borussia Mönchengladbach has come on the way to a top team.
