Banners and whistles against their own captain: some Borussia Mönchengladbach fans openly and loudly turned against Rocco Reitz during the Bundesliga match at RB Leipzig. "Anyone who wants this can never be our captain," read one banner. Reitz is moving to Leipzig in the summer to take over from Xaver Schlager.
"That's freedom of expression. The fans have the right to put up a poster like that," said Gladbach coach Eugen Polanksi after the 0:1. "That's why Rocco has to live with it to a certain extent. It's all within reason. I didn't see anything that I find reprehensible." Polanksi said it was important that the issue did not spill over to the team, which was not the case. Polanski had expected that there would be such or similar actions after the transfer became known.
