DBasia.news – This weekend, Saturday (10/19/2019), Borussia Dortmund will host Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga. However, Dortmund must compete without the main bomber, Paco Alcacer.
Paco Alcacer suffered a tendon injury at the end of September. Since then, he had to pull over when Borussia Dortmund faced Slavia Prague in the Champions League and SC Freiburg group stages in Week 7 of the Bundesliga 1. He was also absent from defending the Spanish national team in two 2020 European Cup Qualifying matches.
Until the two Borussia duels ahead, the condition of the former Barcelona player has not improved. Coach Lucien Favre did not want to take the risk to force the striker to appear.
“For Paco Alcacer, the match will be too fast,” said Lucien Favre, Thursday (10/17/2019), in a press conference ahead of the two Borussia duels as quoted by Sport1.
Without the presence of the Spanish striker, Lucien Favre had to rack his brain again. In the last three matches, he had made two experiments. First, install Mario Goetze as the main attacker. Second, push Marco Reus into that position. However, both players failed to score a goal.
Even without Paco Alcacer who has scored 5 goals in 6 Bundesliga 1 matches, Lucien Favre is targeting victory in the Borussia duel two later. He no longer wants to reap a draw like in the last three matches.
We want a victory against Gladbach because we have only drawn in the last three matches. We want to step on the gas in the league competition, “Lucien Favre said as quoted by Bild.
Not only is it important to end the bad trend, but this duel also has another meaning for Borussia Dortmund. Paco Alcacer et al. need to maintain the status of the best Borussia of the Bundesliga 1. Because, at this time, it is precisely Borussia Moenchengladbach who tops the standings.