The final match of the year takes place at home against fellow Borussia club Mönchengladbach, who are currently second, making this a Top of the table clash. Our shock defeat vs Düsseldorf this week means we can't drop any more points, because as I've said before, when you're up against a scumbag club like Bayern the slightest mistake could prove costly. From what I've read Favre could field a reserve CB next to Toprak. Good thing the winter break starts right after this match. A final comment on BMG. It's a real shame Ginter and Hofmann never established themselves as first team regulars when they were BVB players, especially now that Reus is the only German who's an undisputed starter, but I'm still happy to see them thriving.
Bürki LP Weigl Toprak Hakimi Witsel Delaney Sancho Reus Guerreiro Alcacer Weigl, our least physical midfielder, as the CB. I hope it works somehow. Defending corners might be a nightmare. Pieper from the second team seems to be the only other defensive option on the bench. Edit: This is Kicker's formation. From the players, as strange as Weigl as CB looks, I don't think this could be a 3 man in offense and 5 man in defense backline.
And we win. We created so many chances and scored only 2. Gotze can be so good if he just plays with confidence. He is clearly getting his physical capabilites back. We absolutely need to hold on to Raphael and Julian. Concerned about injuries to Diallo, Akanji and Paco. These guys have been injured multiple times this season. In comparison our usual injury riddled players Reus, Gotze and Raphael have been regularly available.
Crucial win as a response to the loss during the week. Very good effort by all involved. But it's worthy to keep in mind that both goals came after counterattacks. It's still hard to break teams down when they are structured with all men in the back. Götze doesn't look natural in this position but was good, especially as the position with the back to the goal is so unlike him. In this game, Alcacer's injury was a blessing in disguise but I hope it's nothing longterm. I don't think much needs to be said about Sancho anymore. He was involved in all goals again. His talent is helped more and more by his improving decision making. He's riding on a high now and that confidence shows. Much will depend on whether he can repeat what he has shown in this season so far. There are things Guerreiro+Hakimi need to work on but they are a natural fit even though Hakimi looks more sound on the right. It seems as if Guerreiro is now the number 1 option on the left. I hope we get our CBs back soon as we need a good start into the seond half. Our first games are brutal and include the two away games against Leipzig and Frankfurt followed by Hoffenheim.
Sancho is a must have in the line up among with reus, witsel and burki. Without any of them, we arent that good
Weigl was silky smooth last night. If he can pull this off on a regular basis in the middle, Delaney will be on the bench. RN is predicting that Paco might not be available for the start of the season.
The winter break couldn't arrive at a better time. Injuries aside we have been losing steam. LF should try integrating Philipp into the attack over the break if we are not signing another striker.