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Sinsheim (dpa) - Borussia Mönchengladbach made a big mistake in catching up on the Europa League places.

Coach Marco Rose's team lost 3-2 at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim after a 2-0 break in the Bundesliga on Wednesday evening.

Alassane Plea (25th minute) and Valentino Lazaro (45th + 1) first met for the guests in the empty Sinsheim stadium.

Andrej Kramaric (48th / 65th) with his 15th and 16th goals of the season and Ihlas Bebou (60th) turned the game for TSG after the break.

This means that the Gladbachers, who were previously unbeaten in four games, missed the chance to move up to one point on Bayer Leverkusen sixth before the fourth last matchday.

The troubled people from Hoffenheim eliminated the last doubts about staying in the class and won for the first time after five games without a win.

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The team of head coach Sebastian Hoeneß conceded two bitter goals against by no means overpowering Gladbacher in the first half.

Immediately before the 0: 1 the Kraichgauer wildly complained about an alleged foul play by Stefan Lainer on Kramaric.

But Daniel Siebert, who was first put on the list of European Championship referees by UEFA, let the game go on.

In the counterattack, Marcus Thuram ran away from TSG defense chief Stefan Posch and Plea gave goalkeeper Oliver Baumann no chance with his shot into the left corner.

In the Thuram / Posch duel there was a lot of tinder.

After all, the Frenchman spat at the Austrian international in the 2-1 defeat in the first leg and was suspended for six games.

Up until the 0: 1, the Hoeneß team had adjusted well to Borussia, which was so strong recently, and even their top scorer Jonas Hofmann was barely able to develop.

The shooting joyful but not accurate Dane Robert Skov with three attempts (22./30./40) and above all attacker Bebou, who only hit the outpost in front of keeper Tobias Sippel, should have made something for the goal account.

In the previous five games, TSG had only scored two goals.

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The next low blow caught the Hoffenheim team after a bad pass from Florian Grillitsch - again Thuram was the preparer, this time for Lazaro.

The home side went into the dressing room frustrated, but quickly recovered.

Shortly after the restart, Kramaric used the gap in the opposing defense to hit the next goal.

"We need a good final spurt," said the future Dortmund head coach Rose before the encounter.

His professionals could not continue to build on the 4-0 gala against Eintracht Frankfurt.

After a cross from Pavel Kaderabek, Bebou and Kramaric met against the powerless Sippel and an increasingly confused Borussia, which this time had big problems building up the game.

TSG prevailed for the first time after the 3-2 win in Mainz in September 2017 after a two-goal deficit.

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Team TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

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