After three defeats and 14 goals conceded, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Adi Hütter are under pressure. Against Eintracht Frankfurt, the coach wants to fade his past a little bit.
Of course he has his ex-teams in mind, and of course Adi Hütter also sees that Eintracht Frankfurt are doing a bit better than Borussia Mönchengladbach right now. “They also had big problems a few weeks ago and have now fought themselves out,” Hütter said the day before the reunion. “We were on a better path before and now we’ve got ourselves into trouble. “
And how. After the 1:4 in Cologne, the 0:6 against Freiburg and the 1:4 in Leipzig, Gladbach are now only two points away from the relegation place, while Frankfurt are back in touch with the European Cup places after four wins from the past five league games. “Hütter does not want to underestimate the situation, but also believes: “I am one hundred percent convinced of the quality of this team and that we have lost nothing there. We have to work our way back from there. “
How do you do that? “We have to go back to the things that made us good,” in the wins against Dortmund, Wolfsburg or in the cup against Bayern. “The way we started there “ for example, “that we don’t become despondent again, withdraw and no longer play active football. That’s not our game, that’s not our way. In football, it’s just that you tend to take a step back when your confidence isn’t there like that. We addressed that clearly.”
Self-confidence, as Hütter also knows, “doesn’t come overnight, we have to work for it. Frankfurt is a team that is very good both physically and, in the meantime, technically and tactically. “ But: “We’re playing at home tomorrow, we have some things to make up for, and we definitely want to do that. It will certainly be back and forth. We have to defend well and despite everything also play bravely going forward. “
You can’t be the first to fall over when the headwind is there.
Hütter, who of course speaks of a “special game for me personally “, does not expect the opponent to be fundamentally different from the previous season. “I don’t have the feeling now that Eintracht Frankfurt are playing completely different football. It took them a long time to find their dynamic and aggressive game, which we also played before. Since Filip Kostic has been coming over the side more, Eintracht Frankfurt has also been a lot more dangerous. You also have to look at the fact that they have won many games in injury time. That shows that this team always has the character and mentality to believe in it until the end.”
Hütter now wants to see this character from his new team. “You also have to go through certain difficult phases. Of course, that is more than unpleasant, but you can’t, when the headwind is there now, be the first to fall down in front. I don’t do that. It’s about standing still and trying to get the whole thing moving in the right direction again. “
