Cup games traditionally like to rotate. That will also be the case at RB Leipzig. Because the defending champions are in the middle of the English weeks and will play their fourth game in twelve days in Wiesbaden on Wednesday (September 27th, 2023). And then it’s against Bayern and ManCity. It’s unclear who gets a break.
Goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi will be at RB Leipzig’s cup opener (8:45 p.m. live on First and in the ticker on sportschau.de) are back between the posts at SV Wehen Wiesbaden after almost exactly twelve months. However, one cannot speak of a changing of the guard, because three days later against Bayern it is Janis Blaswich’s turn again.
“We don’t have to start looking at who is number one and when Pete will overtake”emphasized coach Marco Rose at the press conference on Tuesday: “Janis is doing great and there’s no reason to argue. It’s important that Pete gets a game. So that if Janis gets hurt, Pete has the feeling that he’s already been in goal.” Peter Gulacsi was on October 5, 2022 tore his cruciate ligament in the Champions League game against Celtic Glasgow. According to Rose, the cup evening is now part of the plan to reintegrate it bit by bit: “We’re all looking forward to it.”
RB coach Marco Rose can rely on his long-time captain Peter Gulacsi again in the future.
Who gets a break?
The Gulacsi interlude will not be the only personnel change in the starting eleven, as the English weeks have already cost grain. “In Mönchengladbach “We could already tell that we were a bit weak,” explained Marco Rose, who didn’t want to reveal who he wanted to spare. In addition to “oldie” Kevin Kampl, Xavi Simons, who is currently playing furiously, is also a candidate.
According to Rose, the 20-year-old Dutchman is “one of the players where I don’t notice any fatigue,” but he will soon be called upon to play in the Dutch national team again. It is important “that we control the load so that things go well against Bayern and can also be good against Man City.”
No Larifari
No matter what Leipzig’s starting eleven looks like, Rose demands a top attitude from his boys against the second division newcomer. “We have to be there to the point. If we slack off, if we do larifari, if we think we can do it with half an ass, then you will have problems.” Patience is once again the order of the day: “And we mustn’t lose our nerve if it’s still 0-0 after 30 minutes, or if someone slips through. You need the right attitude and the conviction that you’ll still win this game at the end “You want to and can win.”
