Borussia Mönchengladbach head coach backs fans after Rocco Reitz protest banners pop up against RB Leipzig

Borussia Mönchengladbach head coach backs fans after Rocco Reitz protest banners pop up against RB Leipzig Borussia Mönchengladbach academy man Rocco Reitz’s highly unpopular decision to move to RB Leipzig this summer has, as expected, produced consequences. Gladbach supporters traveling to Leipzig for Saturday afternoon’s Bundesliga away fixture produced several banners denouncing Reitz’s decision to join the disliked German Red Bulls. With anointed squad captain Tim Kleindienst out injured for most of the current Bundesliga campaign , Reitz has been filling in as the BMG captain.

Heading into this weekend’s encounter against Leipzig, Gladbach head coach Eugen Polanski knew that his decision to let Reitz retain the armband would get some pushback. Polanski answered questions about Reitz and both the pre-and-post-match press conferences. Gladbach fans at the Red Bull Arena – just as they repeatedly did in protest of former sporting director Max Eberl after his move to Leipzig – let it be known that their “ tradition based ” Bundesliga club took a stand against moves to a non-50+1 organization.

The Gladbach banners against Rocco Reitz The Gladbach fans in the guest block held up several anti-Reitz banners over the course of the match. The one that Reitz personally had to face after the 0-1 away defeat was unveiled repeatedly over the two BMG “Traditionsverein” (“ Tradition Club “) pennants emphasizing that Borussia Mönchenlgladbach was founded in 1900. RB Leipzig only came into being in 2009.

The BMG fan banner read “ Wer sein will darf nie unsere Kapitän sein! ” (“ Whoever wants to be here isn’t allowed to be our captain! “).