Borussia Mönchengladbach have one foot in the Champions League group phase. André Schubert’s side came out on top in the first leg of their play-off against BSC Young Boys, winning 3-1 away from home. They can now seal their place in the group stages of Europe’s elite club competition for a second successive year next Wednesday in front of their own fans.
At the historic Stade de Suisse, Raffael, super-sub André Hahn and an own goal from Alain Rochat provided the goods in an outstanding performance by the fourth-placed side from last year’s Bundesliga season.
Schubert: “I’m happy that we played so well”
Despite Young Boys’ consolation goal through Miralem Sulejmani, Schubert didn’t want to let that overshadow the team’s performance. “Obviously you never want to concede. But we saw many positives and the result is also great for us. We’ve all got to step it up a gear, but overall I’m happy that we played so well and that we’ve taken away this result,” said the manager after the final whistle.
World Champion and Gladbach returnee Christoph Kramer warned the team of complacency despite the “very, very good position” the team have going into the second leg. “We mustn’t kid ourselves. This victory is by no means assured. Everything can change in football in the blink of an eye.”
Borussia Mönchengladbach have one foot in the Champions League group phase. André Schubert’s side came out on top in the first leg of their play-off against BSC Young Boys, winning 3-1 away from home. They can now seal their place in the group stages of Europe’s elite club competition for a second successive year next Wednesday in front of their own fans.
At the historic Stade de Suisse, Raffael, super-sub André Hahn and an own goal from Alain Rochat provided the goods in an outstanding performance by the fourth-placed side from last year’s Bundesliga season.
Schubert: “I’m happy that we played so well”
Despite Young Boys’ consolation goal through Miralem Sulejmani, Schubert didn’t want to let that overshadow the team’s performance. “Obviously you never want to concede. But we saw many positives and the result is also great for us. We’ve all got to step it up a gear, but overall I’m happy that we played so well and that we’ve taken away this result,” said the manager after the final whistle.
World Champion and Gladbach returnee Christoph Kramer warned the team of complacency despite the “very, very good position” the team have going into the second leg. “We mustn’t kid ourselves. This victory is by no means assured. Everything can change in football in the blink of an eye.”
