Thomas Tuchel came over as relaxed and calm the day before the home match against Borussia Mönchengladbach. He confirmed that his team had "had a great week in training" and emphasised: "a lot of players are back again, we can provide a high level or performance and will be ready to fight our rivals. We feel that our preparations have been perfect."

However Raphael Guerreiro is still missing, who is the heartbeat of a Borussia team that is still finding itself. "It is very difficult to replace him in this phase of the season", Tuchel said about the Portuguese who has a great tactical awareness, but who will have to be replaced again at least for this Saturday.

Apart from Guerreiro and also Bürki, Bender, Subotic and Park he has a full squad, which again means he will have to make some difficult decisions, as only 16 outfield players can be nominated. It is perfectly possible that Marco Reus will be in from the start again for the first time in the league - against his former club Mönchengladbach. Tuchel had this to say about them: "we are expecting a very difficult opponent, we judge them independently from their recent results. They can defend in a rigurous, patient manner are are excellent in the way they defend tactically. And you constantly have to be on your guard so that you try to avoid making any mistakes." Because Gladbach can't get into their swing by switching the game via Dahoud, Stindl and Raffael.

The Head Coach demands from his team to show "the same passion on the pitch as they did in the four games before the Frankfurt match" and he added: "I expect a highly concentrated performance and will to win, so that we can take our heart in our hand and start the next successul run." Boris Rupert

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