Hard to stop: Exequiel Palacios (m.) runs away with the ball from Julian Weigl in Borussia Park on August 26, 2023.
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It would have been a milestone for a foal, but the duel falls through.
Borussia Monchengladbach will travel to Leverkusen for the away game on Saturday (January 27, 2024, 6:30 p.m.). However, Gerardo Seoane (45) has some personnel concerns.
Borussia Monchengladbach:
Only a foul can get you off your feet
Rocco Reitz (21) has been used by coach Gerardo Seoane (45) in every Bundesliga game of the current season. The central midfielder always shines with offensive advances, dangerous passes and dribbling.
But this also leads to the opponents separating the original foal from the ball more robustly here and there. In total, Reitz has been fouled 32 times this season. Converted to playing time, he is unfairly stopped every 37 minutes. So Reitz has to put up with a lot in his first Bundesliga season as a regular player.
This means that Reitz is fifth in the Bundesliga comparison, as the “Kicker“ last documented. Only Kevin Stöger (30), Omar Marmoush (24), Xavi Simons (20) and the most fouled player Exequiel Palacios (25) from Bayer 04 Leverkusen are ahead of him.
The Argentine has already been fouled 39 times, which corresponds to an average of one foul every 33 minutes. The 2022 world champion has blossomed into an absolute top player in the Bundesliga in the Bayer jersey and his style of play is certainly a professional that Reitz can model himself on.
He suffered a muscle injury in the game against RB Leipzig (3-2) and will not be available for the Werkself until February. There won’t be a direct starting eleven duel in the second half of the season either – bitter for Reitz.
Reitz is threatened with failure – Borussia and Leverkusen are the fairest teams
For Reitz, for whom, like Palacios, high commitment is one of the main qualities, things could get even worse. Because he is questionable for the upcoming game in Leverkusen due to a muscle injury.
In the home game against FC Augsburg (1:2), the Duisburg native had to be substituted at halftime with muscle problems. The 21-year-old only trained to a limited extent this week.
The top game of the 19th matchday not only features two of the most fouled players, but is also the duel between the fairest teams in the Bundesliga. Only one team has fouled less this season than Borussia Mönchengladbach (164 fouls): Bayer 04 Leverkusen (146).
2024-01-26 07:43:00
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