“Absolute mess” – Kramer criticizes posters and songs against Eberl and Rose
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s 3-0 win over RB Leipzig was overshadowed by obscene posters and chants against Marco Rose and Max Eberl. There was even a risk of the game being abandoned. Gladbach’s national player Christoph Kramer then finds clear words.
Er is known for clear words. Not least because of this, he has also been in demand off the field for several years. Christoph Kramer, who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach and acted as an expert on ZDF at the 2018 World Cup and the 2021 European Championship, sharply criticized the way some of his own fans expressed anger at Marco Rose and Max Eberl.
“I find it absolutely disgusting. That’s not right,” said the midfielder after the 3-0 (2-0) win over RB Leipzig on Saturday night. During the game, Borussia Mönchengladbach fans insulted Leipzig coach Rose with rude songs and the former Gladbach sports director with crude slogans on posters.
“I don’t find the RB construct very romantic either”
“I appreciate both personally and sportingly unbelievably. I can understand frustration. I don’t find the RB construct very romantic either. But hatred has no place on the sports field, in our club, in the world we live in,” Kramer continued.
Goal for Mönchengladbach: Marcus Thuram, Christoph Kramer, Jonas Hofmann and Julian Weigl (from left) celebrate the 2-0 win
Those: dpa / Federico Gambarini
Rose had worked for Borussia as a coach between 2019 and 2021, but announced in spring 2021 that he would switch to Borussia from Dortmund, which was unpopular on the Lower Rhine, with an exit clause. The Gladbach fans took it amiss because he had always announced that he wanted to build something in Mönchengladbach in the long term. After his failure as a BVB coach, Rose is now a coach in Leipzig.
The long-time Gladbach sports director Eberl tearfully declared in January that he was exhausted and needed a break from football. His contract in Gladbach, which runs until 2026, has been on hold ever since. It has been known for some time that RB Leipzig would like to sign Eberl. According to RB managing director Oliver Mintzlaff, the deal, in which a fee would have to be paid for Borussia, is nearing completion.
The Borussia fans were particularly harsh on Eberl. In an open letter the week before the game against Leipzig, the Gladbach fan project accused Eberl of lying, among other things. Posters hung in the stadium during Saturday’s game, which called Eberl a “characterless asshole”. “It wasn’t just a shovel over it. That was a few shovels over it,” said Kramer.
According to referee Patrick Ittrich, there was even a risk of the game being abandoned. Through the announcement of the stadium announcer, he asked the fans in the north stand to remove an insulting poster. It said: “A son-of-a-bitch club only hires sons of bitches.” With such insults, he had a “relatively short leash,” said Ittrich on Sky.
“I’ve never been afraid of this game being abandoned. In the last three months, I have got to know Borussia Mönchengladbach as a club full of style and class. That’s how I always got to know our fans,” said Gladbach coach Daniel Farke. In fact, the poster was removed after a short time.
