Rise to Power - Borussia Monchengladbach (FIFA16) - Bigjdotcom01

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BUNDESLIGA MATCHDAY 23

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FC AUGSBURG 1:1 MONCHENGLADBACH
WWK Arena (Capacity: 30,660)

SCORING:
62' - (FCA) - H. Altintop (PEN)
90'+ - (BMG) - G. Xhaka

DISCIPLINE:
45' - (BMG) - J. Correa (Yellow)
71' - (BMG) - I. Traore (Yellow)

2/28/16
Augsburg, Bavaria (AP) - Borussia Monchengladbach overcame a Champion's League hangover with a late stunner to earn an away point in a 1-1 draw at FC Augsburg on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Granit Xhaka's goal in the third minute of injury time allowed Gladbach to steal a point in a match in which they looked very lackadaisical.

FC Augsburg (6-7-10) hovering just above the relegation zone carried the play for the majority of the match against mostly a B-side for Gladbach.

After a scoreless opening half, Augsburg's Daniel Baier was pulled down in the Gladbach box at the hour mark, by Nico Schulz. Halil Altintop stepped up and buried the penalty to put the home side up 1-nil. It looked as though it would remain that way as Gladbach could not generate many chances.

But late in injury time, 16-year-old midfielder Kenny Vermeer, making his debut, made a nice run into the box then centered the ball perfectly for Granit Xhaka. He did not miss, burying the one-timer in the back of the net to help Gladbach pick up the road point.

Gladbach will host VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday. They lost the away fixture 3:2 back on September 26th.

Fixture 23 Results:
FC Koln 2:2 Hertha BSC
Hamburger SV 1:2 FC Ingolstadt
VfB Stuttgart 1:2 Hannover 96
VfL Wolfsburg 0:0 Bayern Munich
Werder Bremen 1:0 SV Darmstadt
FSV Mainz 0:1 Bayer Leverkusen

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Round of 32 (Second Leg):
Matches February 25:

Olympique Marseille 1:2 Ajax (Ajax advances on aggregate 3:2)
Arsenal 3:1 AS Saint-Etienne (Arsenal advances on aggregate 5:2)
Napoli 2:0 Club Brugge (Napoli advances on aggregate 3:2)
Bestiktas 2:3 FC Basel (FC Basel advances on aggregate 5:4)
Liverpool 2:0 FC Krasnodar (Liverpool advances on aggregate 4:2)
Lokomativ Moscow 1:2 Fenerbahce (Fenerbahce advances on away goals 2:2)
Sevilla FC 2:0 Giron Bordeaux (Sevilla FC advances on aggregate 5:1)
Tottenham Hotspur 2:0 IF Elfsborg (Tottenham Hotspur advances on aggregate 3:2)
Athletic Bilbao 3:0 Malmo FF (Athletic Bilbao advances on aggregate 5:1)
PAOK 1:1 Molde FK (POAK advances on aggregate 4:2)
Fiorentina 1:0 Olympique Lyonnais (Fiorentina advances on aggregate 2:1)
Southamption 1:2 PSV (PSV advances on aggregate 3:2)
CSKA Moscow 0:2 RSC Anderlecht (RSC Anderlecht advances on aggregate 2:0)
Borussia Dortmund 2:1 Rubin Kazan (Borussia Dortmund advances on aggregate 5:2)
AS Monaco 2:0 Trabzonspor (AS Monaco advances on aggregate 4:1)
FC Schalke 04 1:2 West Ham United (West Ham United advances on aggregate 4:2)

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Round of 16 Draw:
Matches March 3 and 17 (Two-Leg):

Ajax v. Athletic Bilbao
FC Basel v. Liverpool
Fiorentina v. Fenerbahce
Napoli v. AS Monaco
PAOK v. PSV
RSC Anderlecht v. Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur v. Sevilla FC
West Ham United v. Borussia Dortmund

[bhurst99]

You should be able to beat West Ham.

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Quote: Originally Posted by bhurst99

You should be able to beat West Ham.

Thanks, but that is Borussia Dortmund in the Euro League. We (Borussia Monchengladbach) are in the Champions League and facing Real Madrid

Thanks for checking in! I enjoy your dynasties very much!

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BUNDESLIGA MATCHDAY 24

vs.

MONCHENGLADBACH 2:0 VFB STUTTGART
Borussia Park (Capacity: 54,000)


Breel Donald Embolo celebrates the first of his two goals.

SCORING:
7' - (BMG) - B. Embolo
90'+ - (BMG) - B. Embolo

DISCIPLINE:
38' - (BMG) - H. Nordtveit (Yellow)

3/1/16
Monchengladbach, North-Rhein-Westphalia (AP) - Borussia Monchengladbach avenged an early season defeat on Tuesday evening with a 2-nil victory over VfB Stutthart at Borussia Park. Newly acquired striker Breel Donald Embolo scored both goals and is proving to be quite an addition to the German side.

Embolo got Gladbach on the board quickly, knocking one in the back of the net in the 7th minute. He would add a second in injury time to seal it. He has four goals since joining Gladbach just before the winter transfer deadline. He was also named the Man of the Match earning a 9.2 rating

The quick turnaround continues as Borussia Monchengladbach plays their third game in six days on Friday as they travel to Wolfsburg.

Fixture 24 Results:
Bayer Leverkusen 1:1 Werder Bremen
FC Ingolstadt 0:2 FC Koln
Hannover 96 1:1 VfL Wolfsburg
1899 Hoffenheim 2:1 FC Augsburg
Bayern Munich 1:0 FSV Mainz 05
FC Schalke 04 1:0 Hamburger SV
Hertha BSC 2:2 Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Darmstadt 1:2 Borussia Dortmund

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BUNDESLIGA MATCHDAY 25

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VFL WOLFSBURG 1:2 MONCHENGLADBACH
Volkswagen Arena (Capacity: 30,000)


Nico Schulz gets ready to cross the ball.

SCORING:
24' - (BMG) - K. Iheanacho
55' - (WOL) - B. Dost
84' - (BMG) - A. Hahn

DISCIPLINE:
24' - (BMG) - F. Johnson (Yellow)
31' - (WOL) - F. Rodriguez (Yellow)
43' - (BMG) - K. Iheanacho (Yellow)
45' - (WOL) - L. Gustavo (Red)

3/4/16
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony (AP) - Borussia Monchengladbach continued their run of good form on Friday night with a 2-1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg. A red card on Wolfsburg's Luis Gustavo just before halftime changed the complexion of this match.

Kelenchi Iheanacho got Gladbach on the board in the 24th minute as he headed home a beautiful cross from Nico Schulz to make it 1-nil. Fabian Johnson picked up a yellow after the goal as he knocked down the Wolfsburg keeper Diego Benaglio as he retrieved the ball from the back of his net.

Francisco Rodriguez would pick up one of his own in the 31st minute on a hard tackle on Johnson. The two would go face-to-face, apparently still arguing Johnson's shove of Benaglio. Kelechi Iheanacho would pick up a yellow in the 43rd minute and he dove in the box trying to draw a penalty. Luis Gustavo was then ejected in teh 45th minute as he hammered Johnson as he was just outside the box. That call put Wolfsburg down a man for the entire second half.

But the home side would strike early in half two. Bas Dost one timed a beautiful pass from Max Kruse to beat Ruben Blanco and tie the match at 1-1. That momentum could not carry them to the end though.

Andre Hahn came on as a sub in the 66th minute. He would take a pass from Joaquin Correa and one time a cracker into the top right corner in the 84th minute to put Borussia Monchengladbach up 2-1. They would hold on from there to pick up their seventh point out of nine in this very busy week.

Borussia Monchengladbach (13-8-4, 47pts) sits in third and has moved to within nine points of Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich with nine matches left in the campaign. The Foals will return home next Saturday as they play host to Eintracht Frankfurt (7-10-7, 31 pts) who currently sit in 11th place.

Fixture 25 Results:
FC Koln 0:1 FC Schalke 04
Borussia Dortmund 1:1 Bayern Munich
Eintracht Frankfurt 3:0 FC Ingolstadt
FC Augsburg 1:1 Bayer Leverkusen
VfB Stuttgart 1:2 1899 Hoffenheim
Werder Bremen 1:2 Hannover 96
FSV Mainz 05 2:1 SV Darmstadt
Hamburger SV 0:3 Hertha BSC

[OliDegu2008]

Nice back to back wins! I hope you play this week down the stretch and catch Bayern!