Borussia Monchengladbach defender, Ramy Bensebaini has come out to say that it has been hard for the players to find motivation during games in the absence of fans in the stadium.
Ramy recently revealed that even if the Bundesliga has been feeling like friendly games these days, players are aware that they still have to play and win.
According to him, he already experienced playing behind closed doors in France so he knows what to expect and how to react.
He added that everything is more staightforward for footballers in Spain, unlike France where the process is quite complicated.
His words, “It feels like we are playing friendly games,”
“It’s hard to find motivation in front of no-one, but we have to play, 100%.
“It’s not the first time in my career I have played behind closed doors – it happened to me in France – but even if you actually don’t feel at home, it’s the same for everybody.”
On his career at the club, “I feel like everything is more straight in Germany than in France,”
“Even generally. Like at the beginning of the season, I arrived two or three times late for training. The coach told me, ‘here you are not in France, you are in Germany’.
“He wasn’t having it when I told him it was because of the traffic. He answered: ‘if you need to leave one hour earlier, do it!’.”
“There are a lot of French-speaking guys in the group (Alassane Pléa, Marcus Thuram and Mamadou Doucouré from France, Ibrahima Traoré from Guinea) and it helped me a lot when I joined the team.
“There is a great bond in the group and it transpires on the pitch.”
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