Sunday, April 10, 2011

Soccer-Bundesliga: Gladbach planned long ago for the second division

Lucien Favre is well prepared. To highlight the pros of Borussia Moenchengladbach directly to errors and the appropriate solutions, the coach of the bottom club has had a tactic to bring extra panel on the training pitch. It has to stop Favre way too often the units to explain in one meetings or on the tactics board moves.

At the same time he is sending a clear message to the outside. "We're not staying long and working to keep the class." To believe anything they have to - and if it's only victory in the derby against Cologne today. Failure of Triumph, the hope would be to remain the league continues to satisfy a raging fan soul.

Nothing electrifies in Mönchengladbach more than a match against Cologne. Occur regularly even before the Derby to riots among the fan groups. A sophisticated security concept of the police this time is to prevent riots. Favre's concept does provide a degree of safety on the defensive, however, a storm duration are forced.

"We have to play aggressively in order to achieve our goals. The table is clear, we need wins, otherwise it's over, "says the coach. Four wins, they have calculated in Gladbach, should be sufficient to achieve at least the relegation position 16. This is not impossible, in view of the balance program but not very realistic.

After the Cologne guest still come top in the Freiburg and Dortmund Borussia-Park there, abroad, the Favre-Eleven against Mainz, Hanover and HSV. "There has been in the season-closing phase have often strange results," said sports director Max Eberl. Of course there are rallying to which clings to the traditional club.

Equally of course is behind the scenes already planned to restart in the second division. As hinted CEO Stephan Schippers had had to be reduced, the current budget of around EUR 28 million for the first team in the relegation case by 40 to 50 percent. Even so, the Borussia would be the alpha animal count of the House and had the best conditions for the immediate Premier League comeback.

The conditions were bright anyway. From the experiences of recent downs (1999 and 2007) Gladbacher know that even the merchandising area continue to write in the black and a section would be realistic of 30,000 fans. In addition probably would transfer revenues for the top players Marco Reus (under contract until 2015) and the Brazilian Dante (2014), in which some clubs on the entry.

That fits with the recent history of the Borussia. Even in lean times, stand sporting again except professionals from the squad out. 2007 brought the sale of Marcell Jansen to Bayern a two-digit million amount. Two years later, the descent was prevented in the home stretch and Marko Marin transferred to Werder Bremen.

Even if insured Schippers, that would be sold for economic reasons, not performers, but can indicate Reus has been on his advisers, that the second division may be designated scope of a national player. At least it provides some degree of planning reliability, that have, apart from Juan Arango all professionals have a valid contract for the Second Division.

The Venezuelan is generally regarded as dispensable. Arango was in the early season still a functioning part of the team that finished in twelfth place, he had this season barely lucid moments. "A team stands or falls not by individual players. But each individual must contribute his part to success, "says Eberl.

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