Foals romp to victory in Venlo

Gladbach won their final pre-season friendly 4-0 against VVV Venlo on Friday night. Lars Stindl, Patrick Herrmann, Ramy Bensebaini and Torben Müsel were all on the scoresheet.

Gladbach won their final pre-season friendly 4-0 against VVV Venlo on Friday night. Lars Stindl, Patrick Herrmann, Ramy Bensebaini and Torben Müsel were all on the scoresheet.

Around 1,500 fans in the Stadion De Koel in Venlo were in attendance to see a dominant performance from the Foals. Captain Lars Stindl put the away side ahead after just seven minutes. Despite creating a number of chances, Marco Rose’s side only doubled their lead in the 36th minute. Ramy Bensebaini converted from the spot to make it 2-0 going into the break. Gladbach came out of the blocks quickly, as Torben Müsel, who had only just come on half time, added a third two minutes into the second half. Patrick Herrmann scored a spectacular fourth in the 56th minute. Venlo had several bright moments late on, but Tobias Sippel was equal on every occasion. 

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Jordan Beyer, Tony Jantschke, Mamadou Doucouré and Oscar Wendt made up the back four in front of Tobias Sippel. The midfield consisted of Christoph Kramer, Ramy Bensebaini, Patrick Herrmann and Jonas Hofmann, with Lars Stindl and Ibrahima Traoré up front.

Marco Rose was without Florian Neuhaus, Matthias Ginter (both with Germany), Nico Elvedi, Michael Lang, Breel Embolo (all with Switzerland) and Jan Olschowsky (with Germany U20s). Valentino Lazaro (calf), László Bénes (ankle ligament), Andreas Poulsen (shoulder operation) and Julio Villalba (muscular problems) were all ruled out with injuries, while Alassane Plea, Denis Zakaria and Marcus Thuram weren’t fit enough to play.