A defensive weak FC St. Pauli made RB Leipzig too easy to score the score at the end of the 21st match day. The Saxons collected valuable points for international business with the 2-0 (2-0) on Sunday evening.
The Leipzig’s first chance of scoring was already: Xavi Simons served Benjamin Sesko, starting to the left, at a counterattack. The Slovenian let opponent David Nemeth get out with a simple body movement and flatted the ball around Nikola Vasilj in the right corner (16th). With the host’s second good chances, the duo Sesko/Simons made it the other way around. This time Sesko saw the freely and well positioned colleagues standing and served the ball as an exemplary. Xavi Simons completed the bottom left (35th).
St. Pauli with Pech
With all the weakness in the defensive network, St. Pauli also had chances and could have been going into the cabin by two hair with a balanced result. But twice the gate border prevented the guests from the goal. Because when Johannes Eggestein flanked in front of the Leipzig goal shortly before the Leipzig lead, a clarification attempt by Castello Lukeba landed on the post of his own housing.
The same was unlucky in the added time of the first round of Noah Weißhaupt: After a ball that the home side did not control in their own penalty area, the Hamburg banged from the turn onto the goal. But the ball crashed into the crossbar and jumped from there from behind RB goalkeeper Gulasci – but nothing in the Leipzig goal.
St. Pauli without right access
In the second section, the guests from the Hanseatic city also failed to put the hosts under pressure. After about a played hour, the St. Paulians intensified their offensive efforts and earned more game shares. Consequently, after 62 minutes there was the first major chance of the second section. The prudent Jackson Irvine played on the starting Elias Saad, who could not take the ball with them. Saad left on the left from a rather pointed position, but Nicolas Seiwald’s running had no difficulty blocking the shot.
A little later, the team of guest coach Alexander Blessin took hope: Willi Orban had brought Saad off his feet just before his penalty area and looked red. But Eric Smith could not use the good free kick chance from about 20 meters of gate removal.
Irvine leaves huge chance
Leipzig managed against the north German, which was increasingly courageous after the dismissal, not to allow great chances to score. However, only until the final phase. Because then Gulasci had to intervene three times: A huge chance for Irvine turned out to be a header exactly on man (86th), then the goalkeeper had to show all his skills against a strong header from Eggestein (88.). And even with a shot from Hauke Wahl, the Hungarian was the winner.
Leipzig missed the third goal in added time by Openda and Baumgartner because Vasilj reacted glossy. St. Pauli struggled, but remained goalless that evening. Leipzig ended his mini crisis with the victory and consolidated the place in the league that would qualify the Saxons for the next Champions League.
Leipzig in Augsburg, St. Pauli against Freiburg
Leipzig will play at FC Augsburg (February 14th, 8.30pm) on Friday evening. The following day, St. Pauli has a guest SC Freiburg (3:30 p.m.).