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Mönchengladbach (dpa) - Moving into the knockout round of the Champions League after the complicated group phase with top teams like Real Madrid and Inter Milan is a highlight for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

But at this highlight against Manchester City on Wednesday (9 p.m. / DAZN) not only the spectators are missing because of the corona pandemic, the home game must also be played in Budapest, more than 1000 kilometers away.

INITIAL SITUATION: The Gladbachers go into the two knockout duels with the leaders of the Premier League as a clear outsider.

«We can really only win.

The round of 16 is a big thing for the club, ”said Borussia Mönchengladbach's coach Marco Rose.

In the league, the Gladbachers have dropped to eighth after four games without a win.

Manchester, on the other hand, has been undefeated in 25 competitive games and has won all of the last 18 games.

Nevertheless, the Borussia believe in their chance.

"We have shown that we can play really well," said Oscar Wendt, who would be playing in his 85th European Cup game.

The Swede is the outfield player with the most international appearances for Gladbach.

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BALANCE: Manchester City is Borussia's new record opponent in European Cup history.

For the third time in a row, the Bundesliga club from the Lower Rhine will meet the “Citizens”.

There were also two encounters against ManCity in the 1987/79 UEFA Cup.

Of six games so far, Gladbach only won the home game in the UEFA Cup (3-1 / second leg: 1-1).

Borussia lost three games in the Champions League and achieved a draw, but showed an outstanding performance in the 2: 4 defeat at the Etihad Stadium in December 2015 and led 2: 1 up to the 80th minute.

STADIUM: Borussia has had to play home games outside of Mönchengladbach a number of times in international competitions.

In Düsseldorf, Cologne or Berlin.

Now the team has to play a home game abroad for the first time because of the entry ban from Great Britain.

The choice fell - also for cost reasons - on the Puskas Arena in Budapest, where RB Leipzig played their home game against Liverpool last week.

To get a little homely atmosphere in the stadium, stadium announcer Thorsten Knippertz is on board.

In the event of a goal for Borussia, the well-known goal melody would also play.

But the home game atmosphere does not replace that.

«You can't create the feeling.

We're playing in a stadium that we don't know, ”said coach Rose.

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