Leipzig has no hand on the pot!
The dream of the first title in the club’s history bursts with the 1: 3 at the Glasgow Rangers, who have already knocked out BVB (4: 2, 2: 2) in the knockout round play-offs.
50,000 Scots in Ibrox Park in a frenzy. And that was two days after the death of Rangers legend Jimmy Bell († 69). Captain James Tavernier (30): “Jimmy was the heart and soul of our club.” Both teams commemorate the former bus driver and kit man with a black ribbon.
Leipzig gambled away the final in five minutes.
► Tavernier, who has already scored three times against Dortmund, completed the second post to make it 1-0 (19th). The captain scored all of his seven goals in the knockout phase, five of them the opening goal.
► Kamara snips into the far corner from 17 meters to make it 2-0 (24th). The goal hero tears the crape from his arm and kisses the black ribbon. The stadium trembles. The only 1000 Leipzig (of 2200 possible away fans) will certainly not forget this day.
Huge luck for Leipzig that Aribo hits the ball completely free from 4 meters (29th).
The bulls are being overrun in phases. Coach Domenico Tedesco (36) was wrong with his statement on RTL +: “All players know what to expect here.”
Hardly any professional is in normal form in the first half. The defense around boss Orban is shaking, top star Nkunku (52 goals in 49 games) manages to make it 1: 2 (71st) Forsberg is stewing on the bench.
Lundstram buries all of Leipzig’s final hopes with his rebound goal to make it 3-1 (81st).
One thing is clear: the Bulls collapse at the end of the season. The Rangers bankruptcy was the 49th competitive game, the 19th English week of the season.
Leipzig boss Oliver Minzlaff (46): “That was not enough. It wasn’t enough for a semi-final. We will look for small positive straws.”
Leipzig in distress after the Europa League exit. In the Bundesliga, after the bankruptcies against Union (1: 2) and in Gladbach (1: 3), moving into the Champions League is no longer possible on your own. The Bulls have to hope for blunders from Freiburg or Leverkusen.
The last hope for the title is the DFB Cup final against Freiburg.
