Crisis at RB
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In the second half of the season, RB Leipzig is only eleventh of the Bundesliga. Overall, the currently sixth place after 24 games under coach Marco Rose is the weakest yield of the first division history of the Red Bulls after 2017/18, when RB was also only sixth under his first Bundesliga coach Ralph Hasenhüttl and as we did today. It is not the only value in which Rose has to state a historical weakness of his team.
In 2018, Hasenhüttl had been allowed to continue until the end of the season. In the end, RB ranks where you were also on matchday 24: in sixth place. Just like Rose with his Leipzigers today. Whether he also gets time until the end of the season seems questionable, but there is also a lot of indication that things will go on first. Appropriate information had published “Sky” and the “German Press Agency” at the weekend.
The “Bild” newspaper Also wrote with reference to his own information that the adherence to the trainer was also due to Jürgen Klopp as a new Head of Global Soccer in the group. The former BVB and Liverpool championship coach continues to promote patience for the struck trainer. So far, a really promising name as a possible successor has not emerged. Sebastian Hoeneß is the candidate, who could leave VfB Stuttgart due to an exit clause in summer. However, a transfer fee of up to 8 million euros is said to be due, and the club must also be represented internationally. This is still the case at Leipzig, but the Saxons are losing sight of their primary goal – the qualification for the Champions League.
RB Leipzig’s historically weak statistics – scolding from Matthäus
Rose himself had asserted that he continued to trust his team. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that it will be tight for Rose by 2026 at the latest in summer. After the defeat against Mainz on Saturday (1-2), sports director Marcel Schäfer did not want to comment, at the end of November he had publicly strengthened Rose in a similar situation after 1: 5 against Wolfsburg. In addition to the disappointing placement in the Bundesliga, RB has now also left in the Champions League embarrassment in the league. In the DFB Cup, Leipzig is in the target with reaching the semi-finals, but a look at further game-decisive statistics shows that the current Leipzig team has been weak in many points than ever since the 2016 Bundesliga promotion.
Under Rose, RB has the weakest goal yield per game (1.63) this season than under any other coach in the past nine seasons. A list of the “Kicker” magazine also compares the current values of the goal shot statistics per 90 minutes (11.5) and that of the opposing goal shots per game (14.5) or the duel rate (49.4 percent). All of these numbers are weaker than in the previous season in the upper house. For goals conceded per game (1.38) you were only worse in 2017/18 under Hasenhüttl. Points per game (1.58) were only won less in 2021/22 under Jesse Marsch.
“Football at RB, which is currently a pile of rubble, in good German,” was the merciless judgment of Lothar Matthäus at the weekend at “Sky”. “With what was there and what is now, Red Bull football is currently there where those responsible never wanted to see him. Never! Never!” Now Klopp is responsible for the football area at RB after nine years in Liverpool after nine years in Liverpool. The currently bad results and weak appearances as well as the trainer debate around Rose also employ him. “But Jürgen Klopp does not come and puts his hand on and everything works again,” Matthew is sure. “That’s a long process again until it works again.”