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After a strong preliminary round of the Champions League thus far, Borussia Mönchengladbach need luck and support in the end. Despite Real Madrid’s 0: 2 in the last game of the group stage, Rose’s team is in the knockout round for the first time.
First the Borussia Mönchengladbach professionals sank to the ground wearily after Real Madrid’s 2-0 (0-2), then they gathered to anxiously watch TV on the tablet and finally burst into euphoric cheers. For the first time in 43 years, Borussia returns to the second round of the European premier category, although coach Marco Rose’s team lost on Wednesday at Real Madrid.
With the help of Inter Milan and Schachtjor Donetsk, who played 0-0 at the same time, Gladbach made it to the knockout round for the first time in his third Champions League appearance as second in Group B behind Real. In the previous competition, the European Champions Cup, the five-time champion from Germany had always reached the round of 16 in the 1970s.
“Crazy, crazy,” Captain Lars Stindl said of the “little miracle” on DAZN. “In fact, it was our weakest game in the preliminary round and we are still making progress. We deserved it with our strong performances before. Exceptional “.
A little later, the proud coach Rose spoke hoarsely: “We are very deserving of eight points in this difficult group in the round of 16. We score against all opponents. I am very, very proud of the team and I am incredibly happy for our fans and the club that we were able to achieve something like this as Borussia Mönchengladbach. “
Money rain for Gladbach
This time, after strong appearances in the preliminary round, luck was there at least in the last group match on the premier class record winner. Due to the draw of the group’s rivals in Milan, Gladbach remained second behind Real (10) with eight points after six games, despite the losses of the previous week against Inter (2: 3) and now in Madrid . The goals of French star striker Karim Benzema (minute 9/32) were in the end as painful as unusual offensive weaknesses. After 14 competitive matches in a row with at least one goal, the Niederrhein eleven left this time empty-handed.
However, Borussia will be in the round of 16 on Monday and can also expect more revenue of 9.5 million euros, on top of the around 32 million euros earned so far. Rose and her players wish they had earned this with a brave appearance in the 13-time winner of “Henkelpott.” But the Gladbachers were too nervous for that Wednesday.
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