Pointless Gladbach sack Polanski after four games, Blessin takes over

📰 Bottom of the Bundesliga after four straight defeats, Gladbach have turned to Alexander Blessin – relegated with St. Pauli just four months ago. 📌 Key points 📉 Gladbach lost all four opening games and are bottom with no points. 🩹 They were thrashed 5-0 at Freiburg on 12 September. 🔁 Eugen Polanski was sacked the following day. 🧢 Blessin was appointed on 22 September on a deal to 2028. ⏬ Last season he could not keep St. Pauli up. 📝 What happened 📉 Gladbach's season began badly: a 3-0 defeat at RB Leipzig on 29 August and a 4-3 home loss to Elversberg on 5 September, then a 5-0 collapse at Freiburg on 12 September. 🔁 Polanski was sacked on 13 September. Under interim coach Jan-Moritz Lichte, Gladbach then lost 4-3 at home to Mainz on 19 September, leaving them bottom with no points and 16 goals conceded. 🧢 The club named 53-year-old Blessin as head coach on 22 September, with a contract until 2028. He has coached Oostende, Genoa and Union Saint-Gilloise, leading Union to the Belgian Cup and second place in the league. ⏬ His most recent job was less successful: he kept St. Pauli up in 2024-25 but was relegated in 2025-26 and left in June. 📊 By the numbers • Four games, four defeats, no points (18th) • 16 goals conceded • Blessin's contract: until 2028 🔭 Why it matters One of Germany's traditional clubs is already in a relegation fight. The international break gave Blessin about three weeks to prepare, and his first game is the Rhine derby away at Köln on 10 October – a heavy opener with points and morale both on the line.