After the bitter loss of points in Cologne (0-0) and against Bremen (2-2), everything could be so nice for a change…
2-0 win against Wolfsburg, the faint hope of Europe is back. Instead, there is another break between the team and the fans – who attacked two of their own players!
Even before kick-off, the VfL supporters settled accounts with Marcus Thuram (25) and Ramy Bensebaini (27). Instead of calling out their surnames on the basis of stadium announcer Thorsten Knippertz, there were piercing whistles. Background: Both played horribly recently – and will leave Gladbach for free at the end of the season.
The reaction of the professionals varied. Bensebaini started nervously, made a lot of mistakes, but stabilized in the second round. Thuram started lazily as usual, and after unsuccessful attempts to attack, provocatively slowly dragged himself back out of the offside zone.
But then he prepared the 1-0 through Nathan Ngoumou, scored 2-0 himself and suddenly remembered that he can also run fast. His second half was great too.
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Coach Daniel Farke (46) then addressed clear words to the fans: “I know Gladbach so that we are a family. I understand the frustration when someone doesn’t always perform well or chooses a different path. But that the best clubs in the world are interested in Thuram, he didn’t win that in the lottery. But earned here through performance in Gladbach.”
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The coach continues: “If a player then develops faster than the club, you have to accept that sometimes. But of course both of them have to continue to deliver – then they will certainly be supported again and have a good exit here.”
Manager Roland Virkus (56) sees it similarly: “These are our players! We will always protect them here. I’ll say very clearly that both of them have always communicated openly what they’re doing and the current state of affairs, nobody was guilty of anything. But they gave the right answer against Wolfsburg, so I hope the issue is over.”
At least until the next game on Saturday (6.30 p.m. / Sky) in Frankfurt.
