- Title: Gladbach's Schubert says a strong defense will be key against Bayern Munich
- Date: 21st October 2016
- Summary: MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY (OCTOBER 20, 2016) (REUTERS) BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH ARRIVING AT STADIUM FROM GLASGOW DEFENDER JANNIK VESTERGAARD MIDFIELDER LARS STINDL PLAYERS ENTERING STADIUM MIDFIELDER ANDRE HAHN PLAYERS EXITING BUS PLAYERS ENTERING STADIUM MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY (OCTOBER 21, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MOENCHENGLADBACH COACH ANDRE SCHUBERT ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE AND SITTING DOWN (SOUNDBITE) (German) BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH, ANDRE SCHUBERT, SAYING: "I think the most important thing we can learn from that is that if we defend together, when we really play as a team and intensively defend together, then it is not that easy to score in our goal. Then we have good chances to win the ball back and attack well, and that is just what we regularly do when we play against good teams because we stay concentrated in defense. Sometimes we ignore that a bit against other teams that we don't see as such top European teams or maybe a bit weaker. That makes us a bit more vulnerable and we just have to learn that we have to defend intensively against every team." SCHUBERT AT NEWS CONFERENCE HANDS TYPING (SOUNDBITE) (German) BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH, ANDRE SCHUBERT, SAYING IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION WHETHER HE HAD A PARTICULAR STRATEGY FOR BAYERN COACH ANCELOTTI: "Yes, not for Ancelotti. The game is about Bayern against Gladbach and not Ancelotti against Schubert, luckily. Although I would have some advantages against him - I'm a bit younger and fresher on the pitch than him. But he is a very experienced coach, he will have analysed us accordingly. Right now it does not depend on always doing something special or creating a special situation. It is just about rationally and factually analysing how your opponent plays, what we can do, what the strengths of the opponent are and how we can fight that, how we can break their defense and how we can get the most out of our strengths." SCHUBERT LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE MUNICH, GERMANY (OCTOBER 20, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BAYERN MUNICH TRAINING GROUND IN MUNICH SIGN READING "FC BAYERN MUNICH" FORWARD KINGSLEY COMAN AND MIDFIELDER DOUGLAS COSTA AT TRAINING PLAYERS TRAINING COACH CARLO ANCELOTTI TALKING TO ASSISTANT COACH PLAYERS TRAINING VARIOUS OF ANCELOTTI GIVING INSTRUCTIONS VARIOUS OF PLAYERS EXERCISING IN THE GYM VARIOUS OF PLAYERS TRAINING
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- Keywords: Bayern Munich Moenchengladbach Bundesliga
- Location: MOENCHENGLADBLACH AND MUNICH, GERMANY
- City: MOENCHENGLADBLACH AND MUNICH, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA00154Y6UYN
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- Story Text:A good defense will be key in Saturday's clash against Bayern Munich, Gladbach coach Andre Schubert said on Friday (October 21).
"If we defend together, when we really play as a team and intensively defend together, then it is not that easy to score in our goal. Then we have good chances to win the ball back and attack well, and that is just what we regularly do when we play against good teams because we stay concentrated in defense," the 45 year-old coach told reporters at a news conference.
"Sometimes we ignore that a bit against other teams that we don't see as such top European teams or maybe a bit weaker. That makes us a bit more vulnerable and we just have to learn that we have to defend intensively against every team."
"Right now it does not depend on always doing something special or creating a special situation. It is just about rationally and factually analysing how your opponent plays, what we can do, what the strengths of the opponent are and how we can fight that, how we can break their defense and how we can get the most out of our strengths," he added.
Both teams won their Champions League matches this week but failed to win three points in their home league last weekend.
Gladblach come from a win away to Celtic FC but drew at home against Hamburger SV last weekend.
The German champions crushed Dutch side PSV Eindhoven 4-1 in their Champions League encounter on Wednesday (October 19) but also drew against Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend.
Coach Ancelotti almost has a fully fit squad to choose from aside from the injured Franck Ribery, with Douglas Costa now recovered from a long-standing adductor problem. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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