Bayern Munchen close out season against Monchengladbach
May 18 will mark the final day of the 2012 -
13 Germany Bundesliga season and the new champions of the top flight in
German football will culminate their title - clinching campaign at
Borussia Park as FC Bayern Munchen pay Borussia Monchengladbach a visit
to settle some unfinished business with the football club of the
Nordkurve.
It's going to be the last time these two German sides
would meet in the current football year and with Bayern Munchen playing
some of the best football in the league today, Borussia Monchengladbach
should be wary of the hostile visitors that will be looking to make a
lasting impression to their hometown fans before the curtains close on
their campaign.
Borussia
Monchengladbach, listed by Bet365 at 7.50 and SBOBET at 8.75 to beat
the newly - crowned Germany Bundesliga champions visiting them at
Borussia Park, welcome their guests looking for a bit of magic to work
for them as they try to make the final spot for the Europa League next
season. It's going to be hard for the Foals to pull it off, considering
that they will be going up against one of the best sides in all of
Europe on the 18th of May and the fact that the allure of playing in the
annual club competition has thrown them off their focus a bit, as some
of the players from the club would attest, Monchengladbach don't really
look as good as their visitors do of winning their final face - off.
Yes, it seems Borussia Monchengladbach need to
refocus, especially with the way they lost to FC Schalke 04 recently. In
all fairness to the Foals, they did play superbly, it just so happen
that they were not able to take advantage of it, failing to get on the
scoreboard in what has been a scoreless affair up to the final ten
minutes of the fixture. Schalke would eventually take the lead late in
the contest with a goal from midfielder Julian Draxler in the
82ndminute, denying Monchengladbach the chance to get closer to the 6th
spot in the Bundesliga table and clinch a seat for the Europa League.
Just so you know, Schalke 04 are also going for a seat
for some European competition themselves as they look to qualify for
the UEFA Champions League tournament next season. That's probably why no
matter how good Borussia Monchengladbach were, the Royal Blues just
wouldn't budge, as they handed Monchengladbach a loss debilitating to
their Europa League bid. It's either Schalke were just more determined
to win the match - up or the Foals are just probably trying a bit too
hard to qualify for the Europa League that they are starting to lose
their focus a bit.
''It's not in our own hands any more so rather than
going through the permutations we need to focus solely on ourselves and
perform to the best of our ability,'' Borussia Monchengladbach team
captain Filip Daems said, referring to their campaign for a slot in the
UEFA Europa League next season. ''If our rivals slip up, we'll take
that, but we can't influence it anymore.''
As
for the notion that Borussia Monchengladbach are too fixated in
qualifying for next season's annual European tournament that they may
have lost their touch a bit with the pressure of being on the verge of a
Europa League seat, Filip Daems doesn't think so. ''I don't really
think that was the case. We didn't talk about it that much within the
squad or in the dressing room. It's obvious you're in contention for a
place in the Europa League when you're between sixth and tenth for most
of the season, but we didn't put ourselves under any additional
pressure. We really did try just to take each game as it comes.''
However, although team captain Filip Daems believes
that the rest of his teammates are not looking too far ahead for the
Europa League, their play - caller from the sidelines doesn't think so.
''Since we beat Hannover, the only topic of discussion
has been the possibility of playing in Europe again,'' Borussia
Monchengladbach manager Lucien Favre said, referring to their 1 - 0 win
over Hannover 96 last March 17. ''We've been forgetting to take each
game as it comes. The players have been desperate to win every game and
have lost their patience.''
On May 18, Monchengladbach can't afford to be
impatient because they have the new champions of the Germany Bundesliga
coming over. FC Bayern Munchen, listed by Ladbrokes at *1.36 and
BetVictor at 1.40 to beat Borussia Monchengladbach at Borussia Park,
head into their final match - up of the 2012 - 13 Germany Bundesliga
season looking to close out the campaign like a champion and if the
Foals won't be able to keep their focus, they will lose in front of
their home supporters in their final game of the football year.
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