Leipzig’s unfortunate decisions |
Did Tedesco gamble with Werner?
Signed on Tuesday for 20 million euros by Chelsea, already a goal scorer on Saturday: Timo Werner (26) celebrates his comeback at Leipzig against Cologne with a goal. And RB at 2: 2 (1: 1) again not the first win of the season. Because his coach Domenico Tedesco gambled away Werner’s substitution in the second half?
36 minutes: Timo Werner, who has hardly played until then, shoots in the direction of the Cologne goal from 28 meters out. Marvin Schwäbe looks really bad when he touches down – 1-0! Werner’s first goal after a 777-day break in the Bundesliga.
The joy of Werner’s goal is short-lived: Florian Dietz scores after an input from Florian Kainz to make it 1-1 (40′), Leipzig’s Hugo Novoa wants to clarify, but misjudges the score. For Dietz it is the first goal in the second Bundesliga game.
The next shock for Leipzig before half-time: After a whistle, Dominik Szoboszlai presses his elbow against the neck of Kainz, who is behind him, who falls theatrically, referee Benjamin Brand immediately pulls out red – a tough but reasonable decision (45th). Christopher Vivell, Technical Director at RB, on the Sky microphone during the half-time break: “Dominik must not get carried away.”
Despite being outnumbered, RB turns up the heat: Dani Olmo sends Christopher Nkunku, who easily completes it from 13 meters – 2: 1 (56th).
Werner is over after 67 minutes, André Silva comes into play for him. However, RB could have used the national player, who was strong on the counter, outnumbered. Did coach Domenico Tedesco gamble there? After a corner from Kainz, Josko Gvardiol, who came on at half-time, steers the ball into his own goal – 2:2 (72nd).
Tedesco explains his decision: “He has been training with the team since Wednesday and has taken part in three training sessions. We don’t really know what the status is. Of course he says that he took part in the whole preparation, but of course I don’t have much data. A game like that helps where he actually is.”
