After the disastrous record of just one win from the last seven Bundesliga games, RB Leipzig can rehabilitate against VfL Wolfsburg in the DFB Cup. If the semi-finals are missed, it could also be tight for coach Marco Rose.
No, the recent memories of VfL Wolfsburg trigger little euphoria at RB Leipzig and Marco Rose. The review of that is too bitter Two-round off in the cup (0: 1) in the pre-season that caused the dream of the trophy triple. The is too present 1: 5 Bundesliga slap in November that almost cost the job. Before the meeting in the quarterfinals of the DFB Cup on Wednesday (8:45 p.m. in the audio stream and ticker), the result should again have a say in its future.
In October 2023, RB Leipzig against Wolfsburg had to delete the sail in the second round of cup.
Roses chair wobbles again
“Of course I am constantly measured by results. We are currently not playing the stars from heaven. It is clear that criticism and questions arise,” said Rose at the press conference on Tuesday (February 25). In December, after the Bundesliga defeat against the “wolves”, he was just under pressure before a convincing victory against Eintracht Frankfurt followed in the cup.
Given the new Result crisis with just one win from the last seven Bundesliga games However, according to media reports, Roses’s chair wobbles again. An early separation no longer seems to be excluded. In addition to reaching the Champions League places, the performance in the DFB Cup will also be decisive.
Rose: “Believe that we pack it”
“It is an important cup game. We are really looking forward to it, even if you don’t always look at it,” Rose turned the look ahead. “With every game we can turn things back in the right direction.” After the liberation against Frankfurt, this was not done in the desired consistency, “that’s why we are still in an incredible and difficult season.” Now there is again the “chance to make something good out of it. I believe that we can pack it tomorrow.”
We can actually, but the head currently plays a big role.
Marco Rose | Trainer RB Leipzig
The team was also repeatedly criticized in terms of punch, defensive behavior and commitment. Rose cannot and does not want to deny his team the necessary attitude. Rather, “the feeling for certain game situation is going a bit.” You have to work on that. “We can actually, but the head currently plays a big role.”
With “joy and fun” against Wolfsburger “force”
With Wolfsburg, however, the Leipziger expects a tricky task. Rose warned above all of the pace and the switching game of the team of Ralph Hasenhüttl, who himself was a coach at RB from 2016 to 2018. Above all, the attack strea with Mohamed Amoura, Tiago Tomas and Jonas Wind can cause problems. “You have a lot of force forward,” said Rose. “But we came up with something that we can get dangerous.”
In addition, a similar horror start must be most recently against Heidenheim can be avoided when RB was 0-2 after 13 minutes. His team should go into play with “joy and fun”, but also “the necessary sharpness,” said Rose. “We need a really good performance tomorrow.”
Hasenhüttl wants the “sensation”
Despite the results of the Leipziger, Wolfsburg’s coach sees his team as a clear outsider. One could “not talk about uncertainty at RB,” said Hasenhüttl. The Leipziger are “always a power at home and if you want to get something, you have to play a top game”.
Hasenhüttl ideally wants to lead Wolfsburg to the second cup victory after 2015. “We have to take our heart in our hands, again with conviction. If there is a chance, we have to use it. Then there is also the chance to create a sensation,” said the 57 -year -old Austrian.
Ralph Hasenhüttl has significantly stabilized VfL Wolfsburg since his inlet a year ago.
At the same time, he struggled with the continued bad luck of injury from Lukas Nmecha. The attacker has problems with his adductors again and will be missing on Wednesday. Hasenhüttl said that you are currently being “disappointed because it doesn’t work. And of course that makes it difficult”. Captain Maximilian Arnold and goalkeeper Kamil Grabara also fail.
Baumgartner wobbles, vandevoordt in the goal
In addition to the long -term injuries Benjamin Henrichs, Xaver Schlager, Antonio Nusa and Assan Ouedraogo, Rose also has to do without Yussuf Poulsen, who is not yet fitting according to muscular problems.
Christoph Baumgartner also wobbles. The offensive man broke up with a fever last, his commitment will probably decide at short notice – or how Rose puts it: “Let’s see if he has color on the face.” Maarten Vandevoordt can get back in the gate.
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