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Mönchengladbach (AP) - Four days before the Champions League round of 16 against Manchester City, the situation for Marco Rose is uncomfortable.
After his announced farewell at the end of the season, the coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach and his team lost the second home game against a relegation candidate in a row in the 1: 2 (1: 1) against Mainz 05 on Saturday and fell after four consecutive games without a win in the fight for the European starting positions Next Back.
The unrest that had previously arisen because of Rose's move to Borussia Dortmund could intensify.
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on the other hand, Karim Onisiwo (10th minute) and Kevin Stöger (86th) scored the second away win of the season and reduced the gap to 16th place down to one point.
Lars Stindl (26th) scored for Borussia.
Gladbach's coach didn't notice the tension in his first game after announcing his decision to leave the club.
Announced fan protests in front of the office did not take place because of the safety precautions.
And after Onisiwo's quick opening goal for the guests, who surprised Borussia's goalkeeper Yann Sommer with a left-footed shot into the far corner, the coach quickly had other worries.
His team struggled against the guests who played on the defensive with a compact row of five.
After a video decision, referee Markus Schmidt took back an initially given penalty.
Nevertheless, the planned penalty taker Stindl hit from eleven meters with a low shot from the left position to make it 1: 1.
The template came from Jonas Hofmann.
It was the tenth goal of the season for Borussia's captain.
Ten minutes later, Alassane Plea initially failed with a low shot at Mainz goalkeeper Robin Zentner and later only hit the outside netting.
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The Rheinhessen, who were well hired by their new coach Bo Svensson, always came up with good opportunities.
Adam Szalai narrowly missed the Gladbach goal with a long-range shot (25th), in other situations the Gladbach defensive saved against defense organizer Matthis Ginter, who played his 250th Bundesliga game.
The hosts had significantly more play and possession of the ball, but too few compelling chances to score against the strong duel from Mainz.
Valentino Lazaro failed with a right-footed shot in the 52nd minute, Stindl with a free kick (57th).
The hosts' final offensive with substitute Marcus Thuram also brought nothing to the Gladbach team.
On the contrary: Substitute Stöger, who saved the 2: 2 in Leverkusen a week ago with his goal, scored the 2: 1 winner shortly before the end with a sharp left-footed shot from a tight angle.
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