Goalkeeper Jan Olschowsky with a flight (August 4, 2020), Yann Sommer watches the young teammate from Borussia Mönchengladbach in the background. It should be the same in the friendly match between the Fohlen-Elf on Saturday (January 7, 2023) once morest Oldenburg.
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The winter preparation is in the hot phase!
On Saturday (January 7, 2023, 2 p.m.) occurs Borussia Monchengladbach for the first test match of the new year once morest the VfB Oldenburg an.
The third division team, which only celebrated promotion from the Regionalliga Nordost in 2022, is currently being prepared like VfL. Lower Saxony are currently 16th in League 3 and will start the second half of the season on January 13th with an away game at FSV Zwickau (7 p.m.).
Borussia, on the other hand, has a week more time to get fit for the Bundesliga restart following the winter break. On January 22 (5.30 p.m.) the duel with Bayer Leverkusen is on.
Will the foals live up to their role as favorites once morest Oldenburg, or is the third division team already in top form a week before league play resumes?
All information regarding test match is available in GladbachLIVETicker.
Gladbach vs. Oldenburg: All information regarding the test match in the ticker
5:17 p.m.: What does head coach Daniel Farke say ahead of Borussia’s first friendly in the new year? “This is a serious and important test for us. Sure, that doesn’t have the value of a Champions League final, but the boys don’t have much time to draw attention to themselves either. The competition is fierce at the moment, there are many players available once more, so I expect a good performance.”
4:31 p.m.: Plant Farke with striker and runner-up Marcus Thuram (25), who returned to team training at Borussia on Friday (January 6th) following his World Cup vacation, already for the Oldenburg game? “We will decide that shortly. We probably won’t take Marcus with us yet.”
4:01 p.m.: Tobias Sippel (34) and Jan Olschowsky (21) are likely to be the goalkeepers planned in Gladbach’s ranks for the test once morest Oldenburg. Olschowsky, whose contract in Gladbach expires on June 30, 2023, is said to be regarding to extend his contract with Borussia. However, this has not been a secret for weeks, the official announcement is still pending. It is possible that this will take place in the coming days. Sippel’s working paper also ends following this season. So far, there is no sign of an extension in this case.
3:14 p.m.: head coach Daniel Farke (46) explains the summer break in the test as follows: “Yann Sommer actually prefers to train first, we want to let him train more for the first two weeks. There is a tendency for it not to start.”
3:10 p.m.: Borussia will not line up with all the top stars in the friendly once morest Oldenburg. So becomes goalkeeper Yann Sommer (34), who should not get clearance for a Bayern change in the winter transfer window, rested on Saturday.
Thursday, January 5th
8:14 p.m.: If you can’t or don’t want to follow the game on site, you can watch it in the stream. Because: The friendly game between Borussia Monchengladbach and the VfL Oldenburg will be live and free on Gladbach’s Youtube channel transfer.
7:10 p.m.: The match between Gladbach and Oldenburg will be held at the Fohlenplatz. Tickets for the encounter have been available since Monday followingnoon (January 2nd) exclusively at Online-Ticketshop of the foal available. Tickets cost 10 euros for adults and 5 euros for children. They will be sent as Print@Home tickets. There is a small number of seats and mostly standing room available.