Gerardo Seoane
MönchengladbachDino Toppmöller
Eintracht Frankfurt
Meeting Highlights…INJURY REPORT
Things are looking good for Alassane Plea with his foot problem. He trained a little less at the beginning of the week. But the last two days he was 100 percent again. Max Wöber, Grant-Leon Ranos, Simon Walde and Shio Fukuda will be injured. Chris Kramer is still in advanced training and will not be available to us this weekend.
…ABOUT THE MATCH
We're completely focused on ourselves and don't look at what's happening on the other pitches. It's important for us to influence what we can: our own game. We are focused on our own task and what we have to do to achieve the best possible performance. We want to take the initiative and bring the best possible version of ourselves onto the pitch. It has been a challenging season so far and will remain so in the last two games. How we generally want to play football is not important in the current situation. Now it's important to accept the situation and act as a united team. We want to get the points we need to get the whole team across the finish line.
…OPPONENT
The Frankfurt team play with very high intensity and have a lot of speed in the front row. As you can hear, Eintracht are not entirely satisfied with the season so far. Nevertheless, they are well on their way to qualifying for the European Cup again. There will be a lot of quality coming our way. We will be challenged defensively, but we want to act boldly offensively and have the confidence to play forward with determination.
Gerardo Seoane
Manager on Mönchengladbach…INJURY REPORT
Things are looking good for Alassane Plea with his foot problem. He trained a little less at the beginning of the week. But the last two days he was 100 percent again. Max Wöber, Grant-Leon Ranos, Simon Walde and Shio Fukuda will be injured. Chris Kramer is still in advanced training and will not be available to us this weekend.
…ABOUT THE MATCH
We're completely focused on ourselves and don't look at what's happening on the other pitches. It's important for us to influence what we can: our own game. We are focused on our own task and what we have to do to achieve the best possible performance. We want to take the initiative and bring the best possible version of ourselves onto the pitch. It has been a challenging season so far and will remain so in the last two games. How we generally want to play football is not important in the current situation. Now it's important to accept the situation and act as a united team. We want to get the points we need to get the whole team across the finish line.
…OPPONENT
The Frankfurt team play with very high intensity and have a lot of speed in the front row. As you can hear, Eintracht are not entirely satisfied with the season so far. Nevertheless, they are well on their way to qualifying for the European Cup again. There will be a lot of quality coming our way. We will be challenged defensively, but we want to act boldly offensively and have the confidence to play forward with determination.
Dino Toppmöller
Manager on Eintracht Frankfurt...ABOUT THE MATCH
Both teams had a big upheaval before the season, both teams can achieve their respective goals for the season with a win on Saturday, at least from the current perspective. At Gladbach it's about celebrating staying in the league. For us it's about securing sixth place. We will do everything for that. With a good game and three points we can close the bag. We have our goal for the season in mind and are close to the finish line. We are in sixth place. Regardless of whether we have 45 or 70 points, we are sixth. We want to defend this place and we will do everything we can to do that. We always know the great support of our fans. I also felt that on Sunday against Leverkusen the spectators gave us fantastic support. We are totally willing, but also angry about the result against Leverkusen. The key moments didn't work out for us. We have to force this happiness. We still have to add a few percent more in terms of commitment, intensity, football quality and efficiency.
...SEBASTIAN RODE AND MAKOTO HASEBE
I discussed this in the dressing room during the week. It's really important to me and us to give these two players the farewell they deserve. That means a lot to us. What they have done for this club over the years is incredible; how they pushed the club forward and represented it. We are all aware of this importance. Not just because of the performances they brought, but also the dedication they showed for this club. This club has developed as it has in recent years partly because of these two players. My expectations of everyone who gets on the bus to Mönchengladbach afterwards is to do everything they can to ensure that these two players get the farewell they deserve. I gave out our motto: For Seppl, for Hase, for us.
...INJURY REPORT
Donny van de Beek has problems in his heel and Achilles tendon area and is currently in the Netherlands for treatment. We are doing everything we can to ensure that he can start training again next week and is a possible option for the game against Leipzig. Apart from that, I am positive that we can draw on the full potential.