Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bundesliga Matchday 6 - Saturday 28 Sep 2014

SC Paderborn 07 vs Borussia M'gladbach

Paderborn: L.Kruse - Wemmer, Ziegler, Hünemeier, Brückner - Rupp (78. Meha), Vrancic (85. Strohdiek) - Koc, Stoppelkamp - Kutschke, Kachunga

BMG: Sommer - Jantschke, Stranzl, Alvaro Dominguez, Wendt - Kramer, G.Xhaka - Herrmann (69. Hahn), Traoré - Raffael (60. M.Kruse) - Hrgota (85. Nordtveit)

Goals:
08.) 0:1 - Patrick Herrmann (assist y Branimir Hrgota)
14.) 0:2 - Raffael
70.) 1:2 - Jens Wemmer (assist by Moritz Stoppelkamp)

FT - SC Paderborn 07 1:2 Borussia M'gladbach


Yann Sommer got his first yellow today as he took a little long to kick the ball ^^

Europa League Group Stage Matchday 2:

FC Zürich vs Borussia M'gladbach

FC Zürich: Da Costa - Djimsiti, Kecojevic, Nef - Kukeli, Yapi - Schönbächler (84. Koch), Chiumiento, Rikan (20. Rodriguez) - Etoundi, Chermiti (90.+1 Rossini)

Spoiler:

Borussia M'gladbach: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl, Jantschke, Dominguez (84. Wendt) - Nordtveit, Xhaka - Hahn (73. Herrmann), Hazard (67. Traore) - Hrgota, Max Kruse

Spoiler:

Goals:
23.) 1:0 - Franck Etoundi
25.) 1:1 - Håvard Nordtveit

After the first goal, the Zürich fans were so ecstatic that they lighted pyrotechnics behind David da Costa's goal. The smoke was so thick that the goalie obviously wasn't able to see the ball when Nordfight let go a great long distance shot.

FT - FC Zürich 1:1 Borussia Mönchengladbach

At least something nice to look at after the disappointing result:



Another case of "Gravity is so overrated"

Bundesliga Matchday 7 - Sunday 5 Oct 2014

Borussia M'gladbach vs FSV Mainz 05

BMG: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl (c), Jantschke, Wendt - Kramer, G.Xhaka - Herrmann (70. Hahn), F.Johnson (70. Hazard) - Raffael - M.Kruse

Mainz: Karius - Bell, Bungert (c), Jara - Brosinski, Junior Diaz - Moritz (63. Geis), Baumgartlinger - Hofmann (78. Malli), Djuricic (60. Jairo) - Okazaki

Goals:
15.) 1:0 - Max Kruse (assist by Fabian Johnson)
32.) 1:1 - Jonas Hofmann (Hand Penalty)

FT - Borussia M'gladbach 1:1 FSV Mainz 05

Gahh. Manuel Gräfe (ref in the BMG - Mainz match) doesn't seem to like Gladbach at all. Got Mainz a dubious hand penalty when the only way to avoid that for Julian Korb would have been sawing off his arm

So now BMG got 4 goals against in 7 matches and two of them were penalties (plus 1 additional penalty that was skied by Admir Mehmedi). Looks like the refs don't like the idea of BMG having a good defensive record

Pretty cool save here:

Bundesliga Matchday 8 - Saturday 18 Oct 2014

Hannover 96 vs Borussia M'gladbach

Hannover: Zieler - H.Sakai, Marcelo, C.Schulz, Pander - Schmiedebach, Gülselam (60. Karaman) - Bittencourt (75. A.Sobiech), Kiyotake (84. Schlaudraff) - Briand, Joselu

BMG: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl, Jantschke, Alvaro Dominguez - Nordtveit (46. Brouwers), G.Xhaka - Hahn, Herrmann (75. F.Johnson) - Raffael (82. T.Hazard), M.Kruse

Goals:
14.) 0:1 - Max Kruse (assist by Alvaro Dominguez)
49.) 0:2 - Granit Xhaka
90.) 0:3 - Max Kruse (assist by Thorgan Hazard)

FT - Hannover 96 0:3 Borussia M'gladbach

This result means that BMG are now 13 matches undefeated this season! (8 x Bundesliga, 1 x DFB-Pokal, 4 x Europa League)


"That's how far any shot will go!"

Europa League Group Stage Matchday 3:

Borussia M'gladbach vs Apollon Limassol

Borussia M'gladbach: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl (c), Jantschke, Wendt - Nordtveit, G.Xhaka - Traoré, Hazard - Hrgota, M.Kruse
BMG Bench: Heimeroth (GK), Alvaro Dominguez, F.Johnson, Dahoud, Hahn, Herrmann, Raffael

Spoiler:

Apollon Limassol: Bruno Vale - Mulder, Charalambous, Merkis (c), Robert - Marcos Gullon, Hamdani - Sangoy, Hugo Lopez - Guié Guié, Rezek  
Limassol Bench: Hidi (GK), Joao Paulo, Farley Rosa, Grigore, Meriem, Papoulis, Stylianou

Spoiler:

Christoph Kramer stayed at home as he still has to recover from a nasty stomach flu.

Official Livestream (needs German proxy): http://www.ran.de/fussball/europa-league/live/borussia-moenchengladbach-apollon-limassol-europa-league-im-kostenlosen-livestream

Goals:
11.) 1:0 - Ibrahima Traoré (assist by Branimir Hrgota)
56.) 2:0 - Branimir Hrgota (assist by Ibrahima Traoré)
67.) 3:0 - Ibrahima Traoré (assist by Branimir Hrgota)
83.) 4:0 - Patrick Herrmann (assist by Thorgan Hazard)
90+2) 5:0 - Angelis Charalambous (OG, forced by Thorgan Hazard)

FT - Borussia M'gladbach 5:0 Apollon Limassol

Thorgan playing well?

Yup. Looked good. He started today and played the full 90 minutes and had one assist and one beautiful pre-assist. He could have had a goal, too, but he missed a sitter at the end of the first half. But a very bright talent, that!

Good to hear

Kick wrote:Good to hear

Future BMG star .

Well, do you really think Chelsea will find a place for him in that star-studded team of theirs?

Well, if Salah gets fed up with his lack of matches, I can certainly see him replacing Salah.

Kick wrote:Well, if Salah gets fed up with his lack of matches, I can certainly see him replacing Salah.

LOL that is certainly something to aspire too

I don't know if Chelsea will find place for him and don't know when it's going to happen but I'm sure he will come back to Chelsea.

Bundesliga Matchday 9 - Sunday 26 Oct 2014

Borussia M'gladbach vs Bayern München

BMG: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl, Alvaro Dominguez, Wendt - Kramer, G.Xhaka - Hahn, Herrmann - Raffael - M.Kruse

FCB: Neuer - Rafinha, Dante, Benatia, Alaba - Lahm, Xabi Alonso - T.Müller, M.Götze, Juan Bernat - Lewandowski

Goals: What goals?

FT - Borussia M'gladbach 0:0 Bayern München



Another clean sheet for Yann Sommer!
Oh, and BMG is still unbeaten in this season (9xBL, 5xEL and 1xDFB-Pokal)

I just hope Granit Xhaka's injury isn't too bad - he would be sorely missed.

By the way - Yann Sommer and Manuel Neuer are really running head to head with their performances. After today's game, Yann Sommer has a save percentage of 90% and Manuel Neuer a whopping 90.48%

Yann Sommer's stats: http://www.bundesliga.com/en/liga/clubs/bor-moenchengladbach/spieler.php?player=33201

Manuel Neuer's stats: http://www.bundesliga.com/en/liga/clubs/fc-bayern-muenchen/spieler.php?player=28359

LOL Gladbach actually contained Bayern. Good to see there's teams with real stability in that league. Dortmund tho.

Shout out to Wolfsburg for making it intresting.

Well, unfortunately BMG lost Granit Xhaka due to a ligament rupture and capsule tear in his ankle, so we will have to see how Håvard Nordtveit and Mo Dahoud will step up during him being sidelined. It is not clear yet how long he will be out, but it is a couple of weeks for sure.

DFB-Pokal 2nd Round - Wednesday 29 Oct 2014

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia M'gladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt: Wiedwald - Ignjovski (68. Inui), Madlung, Anderson, Oczipka - Medojevic, Russ - Hasebe - Aigner, Stendera - Seferovic (48. Kadlec)

Borussia MG: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl, Jantschke, Alvaro Dominguez - Kramer, Nordtveit - Traoré (72. Hahn) , T.Hazard (86. F.Johnson) - Hrgota (72. Herrmann), M.Kruse

Goals:
17.) 0:1 - Thorgan Hazard (assist by Max Kruse)
67.) 0:2 - Ibrahima TRaoré (assist by Alvero Dominguez)
89.) 1:2 - Vaclav Kadlec (assist by Takashi Inui)

FT - Eintracht Frankfurt 1:2 Borussia M'gladbach


Outrageous! How dare Kadlec score against Yann Sommer?

Bundesliga Matchday 10 - Sunday 2 Nov 2014

Borussia M'gladbach 3:1 TSG 1899  Hoffenheim

BMG: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl (79. Brouwers), Jantschke, Alvaro Dominguez - Kramer, Nordtveit - Hahn, Herrmann (87. Traore) - Raffael - M.Kruse (79. Hazard)

Hoffenheim: Baumann - Rudy, Süle, Strobl, Beck - Schwegler (77. Hamad), Polanski - Zuber (46. Vestergaard), Roberto Firmino, Elyounoussi - Modeste (68. Szalai)

Goals:
12.) 1:0 - André Hahn (assist by Patrick Herrmann)
30.) 1:1 - Anthony Modeste (assist by Steven Zuber)
32.) 2:1 - Patrick Herrmann (assist by André Hahn)      
52.) 3:1 - Patrick Herrmann (assist by Håvard Nordtveit)

FT - Borussia M'gladbach 3:1 TSG 1899  Hoffenheim


*sulk* How dare they score against Yann Sommer! That's lèse-majesté!!

Now Favre's BMG tied the BMG all-time record by Hennes Weisweiler's original "Fohlenelf" of 17 undefeated competitive matches in a row from 1970/71.

Europa League Group Stage Matchday 4:

Apollon Limassol vs Borussia M'gladbach





Goals:
55.) 0:1 - Raffael (assist by Thorgan Hazard)
90+5.) 0:2 - Patrick Herrmann (assist by André Hahn)

FT - Apollon Limassol 0:2 Borussia M'gladbach

Boring, boring match. But BMG managed to win despite not playing well for once. In the past they would have drawn or even lost such a match in the last minutes, but today they actually scored the second goal in injury time instead of getting the equalizer.

On the plus side - the current Gladbach team of Lucien Favre finally set a new record of 18 matches unbeaten from the start of a season, thus surpassing the old unbeaten record of Hennes Weisweiler's original "Fohlenelf" from 1970/71 who became German champions that year.

Do BMG play in conventional/conservative 442! I don't have any idea about them aside some faint idea about Hazard (winger), Nordtveit (DM) and Kramer (B2B).

Well, they have a very solid defensive line of four behind the currently second best goalkeeper of the Bundesliga, ideally a great double pivot with Christoph Kramer who tidies up things defensively if need be, while Granit Xhaka (who is still injured, but on the road to recovery) provides the creative spark.

Add to that lightning fast wingers (of which Lucien Favre has an ample choice for 2 positions, so he can rotate them freely and keep them perfectly fresh) and a nice SS/CF combination, for example Raffael and Max Kruse, and you have a team that is more than solid in defense and provides sufficient punch forward, too.

Moreover, they are able to do extremely fast transitions between defense and attack and are thus a fantastic counter team who even gave Bayern a run for their money. (That BMG didn't win that match was only courtesy of Manuel Neuer's world class performances.)

Bundesliga Matchday 11 - Sunday 09 Nov 2014

Borussia Dortmund vs Borussia M'gladbach

BVB: Weidenfeller - Piszczek, Subotic, Sokratis (84. Ginter), Durm - S.Bender, Kehl - H.Mkhitaryan, Kagawa (73. Großkreutz), Reus (88. Immobile) - Aubameyang

BMG: Sommer - Korb, Stranzl, Jantschke, Alvaro Dominguez - Kramer, Nordtveit (46. Wendt) - Hahn, Herrmann (75. Traoré) - Raffael (65. T.Hazard) - M.Kruse

Goals:
58.) 1:0 - Christoph Kramer (own goal )

FT - Borussia Dortmund 1:0 Borussia M'gladbach

Own goal of the year from 44.50m distance: https://vine.co/v/OiWMaqd7hPt


Everybody's trying to console Christoph Kramer...

Actually the win by Dortmund was okay as they had 22 shorts on goal (6 of them on target), while Gladbach only managed 1 measly shot which was not even on target. On the other hand, if they wouldn't have been gifted that own goal, the match could have ended 0:0 as Yann Sommer was simply world class today.

Dortmund to begin reflecting their CL form in Bundesliga.

Especially their effectivity in front of the goal... I mean, they had 22 shots on goal, 6 of them on target - and the match would have ended 0:0 if not for Christoph Kramer's own goal...