Threats for months of break
Gladbach professional is seriously injured after the final whistle
Gladbach professional is seriously injured after the final whistle
07.04.2025, 7:38 a.m.
You can hardly injure yourself bitter: Nathan Ngoumou completes a few intensive runs after the game of his Mönchengladbacher Borussia at FC St. Pauli. Then apparently it crashes in the leg. The 25-year-old probably torn the Achilles tendon.
Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach probably has to do without offensive players Nathan Ngoumou for months-the 25-year-old apparently injured seriously on Sunday well after the final whistle. And that in the very bitterest way. After the game of the Gladbacher at FC St. Pauli (1-1), the replacement and substitutes completed some intensive runs as usual, here the unfortunate incident occurred. It was “something with the Achilles tendon,” said Borussia sports director Roland Virkus in a first reaction.
“It happened in the normal compensation runs, it didn’t look good,” known Virkus, “we have to wait and see what it is, we don’t know that yet.” A crack of the Achilles tendon usually draws a break of six months, for the Gladbacher, who was already weakened in the season, and for Ngoumou personally it would be a difficult blow. “Now it is decided whether you have the entire group together,” said Virkus. “Important players are missing, but we never cried. But if something like that happens now, that’s bad.”
NGOUMOU has been playing for Borussia since 2022, but only really blossomed. Since the turn of the year he has been in the starting eleven regularly and had not only had his share in Borussia, which is currently in sixth place with his two goals and a template. On Sunday in St. Pauli, Ngoumou was only substituted in the 86th minute.
Gladbach has the big leap towards the European Cup places through the late draw, the equalization fell in the 85th minute, but was missed, but Virkus still found positive approaches: “The difference to last year is that we would have lost a game like that earlier.” However, Virkus admitted that the team of coach Gerardo Seoane had “no access” to the opponent. The team still defended well in the defense. In midfield and in the attack, however, the means were missing. He praised the opponent: “We have to stay humble. St. Pauli has proven that they have a good team.”
