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Mönchengladbach (dpa) - The great duels of the 1970s are long history.
But for many the only true Bundesliga classic between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach has long been experiencing a renaissance.
After several victories against the record champions in recent years, Borussia is back in the ranks of the top teams in the league.
Before the duel with Bayern on Friday (8.30 p.m. / DAZN), the five-time champion is no longer small.
«We need to be convinced that we can of course hurt Bayern on a good day.
That we can then beat them too.
We definitely have that in the tank, ”said Gladbach coach Marco Rose, who and his team are under more pressure than Bayern.
«We want to take something countable with us.
That would be good and important in our situation. "
In contrast to the previous season's 2-1 win for Gladbach, Borussia did not welcome Bayern as leaders, but only as seventh, four points behind the Champions League places.
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CLASSIC: Between 1969 and 1979, the German champions came only twice from Munich or Mönchengladbach (1. FC Köln / 1978 and Hamburger SV / 1979).
During this time, FC Bayern triumphed four times and Borussia five times.
“First of all, it's not a classic, but historically the classic for me.
Not about Dortmund against Bayern, "said the record international Lothar Matthäus of the" image ".
The former world footballer once played for both teams.
STATISTICS: There have only been three pairings in the league more often than this duel.
Bayern have a win rate of just over 50 percent - only against Borussia Dortmund is it a little worse (49.6 percent).
In the past three seasons, Gladbach has always won the season and Bayern won in the second half of the season.
The record champions have not conceded as many goals against any other Bundesliga club (131) as against Gladbach and only against Werder Bremen (26) have there been more defeats than against Borussia (25).
PRE-SEASON: Flick has only suffered three defeats in his tenure as Bayern head coach - one was the 1: 2 13 months ago at the then table leaders.
Back then, Ramy Bensebaini scored twice after Munich dominated in the first half after the break.
The Algerian left-back was last out for weeks with a Covid 19 illness, played again for the first time in the 1-0 win in Bielefeld and could make his starting line-up comeback on Friday.
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STAFF: At Gladbach, Jonas Hofmann is already back after surviving a muscle torn.
In addition to Bensebaini, Alassane Pléa could also move into the starting line-up after recovering from the strain.
Marcus Thuram is still red-blocked.
Kingsley Coman is back at Bayern after a muscle injury.
On the other hand, according to Flick, Serge Gnabry still felt “pain” the day before the game.
The coach wanted to wait.
TRAINER I: Gladbach's trainer Marco Rose is in great demand.
After only two seasons on the Lower Rhine, he could move on to Borussia Dortmund in the summer.
BVB is said to be digging hard on the 44-year-old, who still has a contract until 2022, but also an exit clause.
“Of course you notice that,” Hofmann said in the “Rheinische Post”, but midfielder Christoph Kramer found in the ran.de interview: “It's absolutely not a cabin issue, and nobody sits in the cabin and complains that it would now difficult times to come. "
Rose does not express herself - or only evasively.
TRAINER II: Bayern coach Flick has the greatest respect for Rose.
«Marco Rose and his team of coaches do an outstanding job.
He brought the team forward.
The successes in the Champions League against top-class players, that was impressive, »said Flick before seeing them again.
If he won, he would celebrate the 100th point as head coach in the Bundesliga.
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