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Mönchengladbach (dpa) - The traditional duel Borussia Mönchengladbach against Borussia Dortmund has it all again.
This Friday evening (8.30 p.m. / ZDF and DAZN) there is a lot going on for both teams at the start of the second half of the Bundesliga season.
The team from the Lower Rhine is on the up and is in the process of making the connection to the Champions League ranks.
BVB is threatened with falling from the top four in the event of another defeat.
The ongoing speculation about the future of Gladbach coach Marco Rose and the Breel Embolo case provide additional explosiveness.
INITIAL SITUATION: Gladbach got off to an almost perfect start to the new year with ten out of twelve possible points.
If after eleven defeats in a row against Dortmund finally a victory again, the Rhinelander would jump past BVB into fourth place.
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At the Westphalians, the mood is once again bad.
The 1: 2 and the debate about the lack of mentality in the squad depress the mood.
The championship title has long been written off, for the minimum goal of renewed Champions League qualification, the Dortmund team must be more constant.
STAFF: Marcus Thuram returns to the Gladbach team after being banned from red.
The Frenchman was banned for weeks after a spit attack against Hoffenheim's Stefan Posch.
«The story has already bothered him a lot, but now it goes on.
He's terribly sorry.
He'll learn from it, ”said Rose.
Thomas Delaney is yellow-banned from Dortmund, and the injured Axel Witsel, Dan-Axel Zagadou and ex-Dortmund Thorgan Hazard are also missing.
TRAINER: Gladbach's coach Rose could switch to BVB in the summer.
No decision has yet been made, Rose does not want to comment at the moment.
Dortmund's Terzic enjoys the highest reputation in the environment and in the club despite the recent setbacks against Mainz (1: 1) and in Leverkusen (1: 2).
Nevertheless, the position of Lucien Favre, who was only on leave at the end of 2020, should be up for debate again if Dortmund run the risk of missing out on qualifying for the Champions League.
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EMBOLO: Despite all the explosiveness, there was only one topic this week: Breel Embolo's alleged visit to an illegal party in Essen last weekend.
That Embolo went to Essen after his team's 2-2 draw on Saturday night is undisputed and confirmed by the Gladbach striker.
The Essen police suspect that the 23-year-old from an illegal party piled over the roof into an adjacent apartment.
Embolo denies this.
After two negative corona tests in the aftermath of the party, Embolo should definitely be in the squad on Friday, according to Rose.
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