Borussia Monchengladbach draws 1-1 with St. Pauli. Sevan calls on the team to reflect and analyze problems
2025-04-08 10:17
In the 28th round of the 2024/25 Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach took the lead with a goal contributed by Itakura Ko, but lost the ball in the last stage of the second half and finally tied with St. Pauli 1-1. Coach Sevane said that his team must criticize itself and analyze the problems that occurred during the game.
In the first half stoppage time, Frank Onora took a corner kick and Itakura Ko headed the ball directly into the goal, helping Borussia Mönchengladbach take the lead 1-0.
In the 85th minute of the second half, Afolayan received a pass from Eric Smith and scored with a long shot from the top of the penalty area, helping São Paulo to tie the score at 1-1.
In the end, Monchengladbach drew 1-1 with St. Pauli away. After 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 5 rounds, Monchengladbach is currently ranked 6th in the standings with 44 points.
"We are happy to accept this point, but we also know that we are lucky to get one point against a strong opponent," said Borussia Mönchengladbach coach Sevane in an interview. "We were not able to really get into the rhythm throughout the game, whether we had the ball or not."
“We defended very tenaciously in the backcourt and tried our best to block every shot of the opponent. But overall, this was not the performance we expected, both in defense and offense. We must be self-critical and seriously analyze where the problem occurred, but also look forward and prepare for the next game and strive to play a better performance.”
In addition, Borussia Mönchengladbach striker Kleindienst said, "St. Pauli's performance was indeed very good, and our overall performance was indeed not convincing enough, which is why the goal we scored before the end of the first half was particularly important."
"It's a pity that we couldn't continue the momentum in the second half and were too careless with the ball at many times, but this point may become very important at the end of the season."
