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Mönchengladbach (dpa) - Marco Rose gambled away.

With a B-Elf after seven changes in the starting line-up, Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 1: 2 (1: 1) for the first time in three years in a derby against 1. FC Köln.

A double from Elvis Rexhbecaj (3rd minute / 55th) gave Gladbach coach Rose in the fourth derby the first personal defeat in the duel with FC, which continued to defeat the fight against relegation.

The team of coach Markus Gisdol, which failed embarrassingly in the cup at the second division Jahn Regensburg on Wednesday, won three of the last four Bundesliga games and is 14th in the table.

after 20 matchdays eight points from a direct relegation zone.

Gladbach, on the other hand, was rudely slowed down in the fight for the Champions League ranks and lost a competitive game for the first time this year.

The fourth goal of the season by Florian Neuhaus (16th) was too little for the Gladbach team in the 126th Rhine derby, who are still in seventh place with 32 points.

Borussia also has to worry again about Denis Zakaria, who had to leave the field injured.

The Swiss, who could bring the Gladbachers a high double-digit million amount in the summer, had been out for months last year.

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At the end of an English week, Gladbach coach Rose rotated extremely and only sent a B-Elf onto the field.

«We trust our squad.

The games last drained, we need maximum freshness on the pitch, ”Rose said before the game on the pay-TV broadcaster Sky, given seven changes in the starting line-up compared to the 2-1 in the Cup round of 16 on Wednesday at VfB Stuttgart .

Defensively, his team was still disorganized at the beginning when the underdog surprisingly took the lead.

Zakaria had moved up too far early on, which enabled Ondrej Duda to pass through to Rexhbecaj, which Gladbach keeper Yann Sommer had no chance.

After that, Borussia had considerably more possession of the ball, but made too little of it.

After a good quarter of an hour, a long-range shot from Neuhaus deflected into his own net by Cologne's Jorge Meré managed to equalize.

The 19th Bundesliga game with at least one goal by Borussia was perfect.

Such a series, which is currently only surpassed by Bayern Munich (33), was the last time the Gladbach team succeeded in 1985/1986.

Apart from Borussia’s field superiority, not much else happened until the break.

The only two shots in the first half that hit the opposing goal also went into the net.

Even after the change, the playfully limited Cologne team made it difficult for Borussia with high stakes.

FC Ultras had prepared the Cologne professionals for the derby with pyrotechnics on Friday when they left for Mönchengladbach.

There was an incident that FC regretted on Saturday.

Dominick Drexler, who initially only sat on the bench on Saturday, could be heard on a video according to the "Bild" newspaper, as he expressed himself disparagingly about FC fans.

Drexler later said he wanted to "sincerely and sincerely apologize" to the FC supporters.

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On the pitch in Gladbach, the FC pros left this and the cup behind.

"I was pissed off," scolded FC coach Markus Gisdol on Saturday.

The reaction of his players was mainly combat-oriented.

With a lot of passion, the Cologne team fought Borussia without several injured regular players.

A bad playback error by the weak Stefan Lainer enabled Rexhbecaj to score an early goal again at the beginning of the second half.

Gladbach coach Rose reacted and brought in Marcus Thuram and Jonas Hofmann for the disappointing Hannes Wolf and Patrick Herrmann two regular forces for the attack.

Borussia pressed on, but remained unsuccessful.

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