Borussia Mönchengladbach can still win at home: The bottom team in the Bundesliga defeated Karlsruher SC 3-1 (1-0) in the second round of the DFB Cup and ended a long negative streak. Shuto Machino (3rd minute) took the early lead, Nico Elvedi (52nd) and Haris Tabakovic (90th) decided the game, which was briefly in jeopardy after Fabian Schleusener’s goal (59th). _________________________________________________________________________________ Bundesliga, DFB Cup, international matches: Here we provide you with the highlights – completely without advertising. Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportschauFussball?%20sub_confirmation=1 Sports documentaries, cycling, winter sports and more: https://www.youtube.com/@sportschau?%20sub_confirmation=1 Sportschau on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportschau/ Sportschau on Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sportschau?lang=de-DE Sportschau on Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9i3DXKwqSNjGhkUo46 Sports news at: https://www.sportschau.de/ The Gladbach fans had to wait for this moment for seven months. The last time their team celebrated a sense of success at Borussia Park was on March 29th, a 1-0 win against RB Leipzig. The Gladbachers have had seven home games since then, but the result of three draws and four defeats was worthy of relegation. This is one of the reasons why Borussia are currently in last place in the Bundesliga. Gladbach has been without a win there for 14 games across the season, but the change of the cup obviously came in handy for the team. Already in the third minute, Yannik Engelhardt showed the esprit that had been missing so often recently. He won the ball deep in the KSC half and played to Tabakovic, whose cross Machino converted from close range from a completely free position. Then the KSC also found their way into the game, Marvin Wanitzek tested the daily form of Gladbach keeper Moritz Nicolas, who was there (29th), with a shot from 20 meters. After the following corner, the 28-year-old was beaten, but there was a handball before David Herold’s goal, which is why referee Bastian Dankert blew the whistle early. Machino then missed another chance to score a brace (37th) – and then almost gave Karlsruhe the equalizer. Completely unnecessarily, he played the ball from midfield way too short back towards Nicolas, whereupon Lilian Egloff ran towards the Gladbach goalkeeper with a lot of time, but apparently had too much time – Nicolas defended with his foot (41′). Shortly before the half-time whistle, Bernat made a strong save against Tabakovic on the other side (45′). Shortly after half-time, the KSC keeper looked twice as bad, but was lucky. First Bernat played a pass out of bounds, after the following long throw from Machino he wandered through the penalty area, but Tabakovic could only head the ball into the side netting (47th). But after 50 minutes, he showed that Bernat is one of the best goalkeepers in the second division. First he parried a shot from Engelhardt, then he reacted quickly to Machino’s follow-up shot. But then the following corner landed right on the head of Elvedi, whose goal to make it 2-0 caused a relieving storm of celebration in the stadium (52nd). But coach Eugen Polanski’s team simply lacks the class this season to handle such a lead confidently and so the big tremors began. After a cross from Wanitzek, Rafael Pinto Pedrosa had a free shot from close range, Nicolas defended, but Schleusener scored the goal (59′). Shortly afterwards, Franck Honorat had the opportunity to restore the two-goal lead, but KSC defender Nicolai Rapp prevented that with a great save on the line (61′). Tabakovic also missed the 100 percent chance of making the preliminary decision when he shot a cross from Honorat past the goal (70th). These weren’t the only situations in which Gladbach missed out on making their lives much easier in this game. The Polanski team dominated, but the score remained close – also because Bernat won the next one-on-one duel with Tabakovic in the 78th minute. The striker had his worst miss just before the end, when he again clearly missed the goal while standing alone. Seconds later, Tabakovic was given the opportunity again – and this time he finally took advantage of it. Honorat sent the Swiss, who again had a lot of time and this time sacked Bernat (90th) Starting lineups: Gladbach: Nicolas – Diks, Sander, Elvedi, Netz – Reitz, Engelhardt, Honorat, Stöger, Machino – Tabakovic Coach: Eugen Polanski Karlsruhe: Bernat – Kobald, Rapp, Beifus – Pinto Pedrosa, Müller, Herold, Egloff, Wanitzek – Förster, Schleusener Coach: Christian Eichner Referee: Bastian Dankert
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