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Mönchengladbach (dpa) - With the fifth defeat in a row after the announcement of his departure at the end of the season, the discussion about coach Marco Rose at Borussia Mönchengladbach will not stop.
The Champions League round of 16 lost on Saturday in the West Derby Bayer Leverkusen with 0: 1 (0: 0).
The Gladbachers will have to say goodbye to an international starting place in the next season and prepare for further unrest in the area around the club.
At Leverkusen, however, the end of the negative series of five competitive games without a win will probably end the discussions about coach Peter Bosz for the time being.
The winning goal in Borussia-Park was achieved by Patrik Schick (77th minute) for the Bayer team, who were able to establish themselves with 40 points in the top third of the table.
The Gladbachers, on the other hand, are bobbing with 33 points in the middle of the table.
Bosz, who had to do without ten players with Sven Bender, who was still out for a short time, relied on winter newcomer Jeremie Frimpong for the first time from the start and on the offensive on the wing tongs Moussa Diaby and Demarai Gray.
The two outside players put pressure on their positions from the start and regularly kept Borussia's defense busy with a whole series of corners.
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Diaby opened up the first good chance with a hard shot from a half-right position (17th).
However, as in the 32nd minute, Yann Sommer, who returned to goal after the cup game, confidently parried the French, who was one of the best Leverkusen players.
The absence of Jonas Hofmann (injured) and Lars Stindl (suspended) made itself felt at the Gladbach team.
The hosts, for whom Christoph Kramer was also out with a ligament injury, had little move forward and hardly ever came to scenes in the penalty area.
There was a lack of speed, precision and good ideas.
Leverkusen defended compactly with their attentive central defenders Jonathan Tah and Edmond Tapsoba and hardly allowed anything through the middle.
The best chance for Hannes Wolf came from a ricochet, his shot was deflected and narrowly missed the Bayer goal again guarded by Lennart Grill (24th).
The former Leipzig, who took the position of Stindl, had no luck with his second chance either, his shot after a counterattack only hit the side netting (54th).
This means that the offensive remains the biggest shortcoming at the moment.
In three of the past four games, the team failed to score.
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Nadiem Amiri (68th) gave the guests a good chance.
After a counterattack against Diaby, which initially failed due to summer, it was center forward Schick who scored the winning goal for the guests from close range.
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