Leipzig shoots its frustration from its soul in Bruges
Leipzig wins in Bruges and celebrates the first victory in the current Champions League season
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RB Leipzig wins in an impressive manner at Club Bruges. With the victory, the Saxons at least keep the chance of participating in the Europa League. After the bad last few weeks, victory could be a breakthrough.
Mith the last squad, RB Leipzig, plagued by the corona chaos, dismantled the small club Bruges and preserved the chance of wintering in Europe. The Leipziger, supervised by assistant coach Achim Beierlorzer, prevailed against the completely overwhelmed Belgian champions with 5: 0 (4: 0) and thus decided the direct duel for third place in group A for themselves. If Leipzig and Bruges are tied with four points after the last matchday in two weeks, RB can continue playing in the Europa League.
Christopher Nkunku (12th minute) provided the early and well-deserved lead with his sixth premier class goal of the season. Emil Forsberg (17th) increased by a penalty kick, André Silva’s header (26th) was in principle the preliminary decision.
Again it was Forsberg (45th + 1) who set the next highlight shortly before the break. Nkunku put the finishing touches again in stoppage time and made RB’s biggest win in the Champions League perfect. Leipzig will play against Manchester City on December 7th for the winter in the European Cup, Bruges at Paris Saint-Germain.
Leipzig’s trainer is missing due to a positive corona test
Without their trainer Jesse Marsch, who tested positive for Corona, the Leipzigers had traveled to Belgium. Ten players were missing. Most recently, defense chief Willi Orban had also signed off and had traveled back to Germany by car a few hours before kick-off with symptoms of colds. According to the Bundesliga club, a corona test at Orban was negative.
Corona, injury misery, a disappointing Champions League season – none of this seemed to impress the Leipzig embarrassment team. The guests controlled the game from the start. The Bruges, who would have had the chance to get into the knockout round of the Champions League if they had won, could not cope with the early pressing of the Saxons. The Belgians did not have a clear scoring chance in the first half.
Different RB: Nordi Mukiele (6th) checked Bruges keeper Simon Mignolet. Six minutes later, Mignolet had no chance of preventing Nkunku’s goal. Shortly afterwards, the strong starting line-up debutant Brian Brobbey took out a penalty. This time Forsberg was allowed to compete after giving a penalty two weeks ago in the 2-2 win against Paris Saint-Germain Silva. Forsberg sure transformed.
Silva and again Forsberg ensured unexpectedly clear conditions before the break and silenced the Bruges fans in the Jan Breydel Stadium. Temporary head coach Beierlorzer applauded each of his players as they walked into the dressing room. After the change, RB Leipzig switched to administrative mode a little without being in serious danger.
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