When the Frankfurters meet Borussia Mönchengladbach this Wednesday (6.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky), it will be a special game for many Eintracht professionals.

You will see your former coach Adi Hütter, who is now in charge of the Gladbach team and who did not leave Frankfurt on the best of terms at the end of last season.

Nevertheless, "the approach is always the same," said Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner on Tuesday.

"We want to win."

When asked about his compatriot Hütter, Glasner said that it was "a little special" for the players who had worked with Hütter for the entire three years. There will be no sympathy in the sense of “you let the old coach win”, he added with humor. Glasner did not want to make a big deal with his Austrian coaching colleagues at the press conference. “I really appreciate Adi as a trainer and as a person. He worked very successfully here at Eintracht. "

The Frankfurters are in the stress of gambling.

The games are currently closely timed, as Eintracht played the Europa League in Istanbul on Thursday last week.

The previous appearances had shown, however, in what good "physical condition" the team is.

Nevertheless, Glasner expects an "extremely difficult away game".

Glasner demands passion

Gladbach's 5-0 win against FC Bayern in the second round of the DFB Cup was “not that long ago” and the team acted “powerful” and strong at the front.

It takes “one hundred percent passion” to master the difficult task.

In the past games, however, his team had reached a certain consistency and now bring good concentration and a compact defensive game to the field.

The Frankfurt team is missing midfielder Jens Petter Hauge (thigh muscle injury) and Stefan Ilsanker (cold) against Gladbach.

Hauge will be out until the end of the first half of the season.

There is “still a question mark” behind Kristijan Jakic after he twisted his hand in the last Bundesliga home game against Bayer Leverkusen (5-2) and was only able to complete one training session this week.

As of now, Jakic will be “on the bus” to Mönchengladbach on Wednesday, said Glasner.

Martin Hinteregger was back in the starting line-up for the first time against Leverkusen after a one-month injury break.

Glasner had given leader Makoto Hasebe “a breather”.

He did not reveal who starts against Gladbach.