Does Donetsk have to pay for Frankfurt? In any case, RB Leipzig is hoping for a reaction to the bitter 0: 4 in the Bundesliga at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday at the start of the Champion League against the Ukrainians on Tuesday.
RB Leipzig coach Domenico Tedesco does not want to let the discussion about his job get to him. “I try to distract myself with work in terms of game preparation. I’m looking forward to the English weeks. I can hardly influence everything else,” said the 36-year-old on Monday.
Leipzig meets Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday (9:00 p.m./audio stream and live ticker on sportschau.de) and wants to play there the 0: 4 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga rehabilitate.
After the desolate performance on Saturday evening, Tedesco had denied his team’s mentality. Two days later he defended her. “We don’t need to train mentality, we don’t need to train willingness to run. That’s all there,” assured the coach. His statements were only related to the game at Eintracht, that was a novelty”. The previous Bundesliga games against Stuttgart, Cologne and Union Berlin he sees things differently, he was not dissatisfied.
Tedesco: “I get headlines in briefings”
The coach can partially understand questions about his future. “After a game like this, it’s clear that there are people who are dissatisfied. And I’m the first,” said Tedesco. He tries to ignore the emerging coaching debate in Leipzig. “I don’t read it, I get it in briefings, that’s part of it, it’s very fast-moving,” said Tedesco.
Leipzig Rose in the starting blocks?
There is already speculation in the environment that Tedesco should not allow himself another defeat at the start of the premier class. With the former Gladbach and Dortmund coach Marco Rose, who once coached sister club RB Salzburg and lives in Leipzig, a possible successor is even being brought into play. Born in Leipzig, he currently has no job and is currently building his house near Leipzig. Spicy: Max Eberlwho is traded as the new sports director in Leipzig, brought Rose to Gladbach in 2019.
Coach Marco Rose and manager Max Eberl (then M’gladbach) at the Bundesliga game at RB Leipzig in February 2021
Out at Schalke after reaching the round of 16
Leipzig does not want to underestimate the opponent from the Ukraine. “They are absolutely decisive in Ukraine. They have a good team and they are able to hurt us. They have very good wing play,” said Tedesco. For him it will be the first game in the Champions League since the 0: 7 in the round of 16 with Schalke 04 in March 2019 at Manchester City: After that he was given a leave of absence from the Royal Blues. Previously, he had survived the group stage with S04.
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