The zero stands. At least in terms of Borussia’s yield of away points this season. Denis Zakaria is calling for an end to the drought in order to continue to move up the table.
“We also have to score away from home. We are a good team – and we have to show that in the away games,” says Zakaria ahead of the trip to VfL Wolfsburg.
The aim is to add to their points tally on Saturday at the Lower Saxons, of all teams, who Borussia have not lost at home in 16 attempts since 2003, after coming up completely empty at Bayer Leverkusen (0:4), Union Berlin (1:2) and FC Augsburg (0:1) this season, scoring only one goal of their own. “We will try everything to get these three points,” the midfielder announced on Borussia’s club-owned “Fohlen-TV” – and makes no secret of the fact that the current 11th place in the table is not exactly what can be expected from the quality of the Gladbach team. Zakaria: “We want to keep moving up. But we can only do that if we play like we did against Dortmund. “
“I’m very happy that I’m already on two goals “
The Swiss international was largely responsible for the second home win against BVB (1-0) last Saturday. It seems that Zakaria has finally overcome the long-lasting consequences of the serious knee injury he suffered in March 2020 and is heading back towards his top condition. His winning goal against Dortmund was his second of the season, and the 24-year-old also scored in the home win over Arminia Bielefeld (3:1). By way of comparison: in the entire 2020/21 season, Zakaria scored just one goal and one assist in 25 Bundesliga games. “I’m very happy that I’ve already scored two goals,” said Zakaria, “and I hope that they won’t be my last goals this season.
