“We became footballers for games like this”
In the league, Leipzig had recently lost twice and is therefore no longer able to qualify for the Champions League. A win in the Europa League would also be enough to qualify for the premier class of the coming season. Although Leipzig played every three days in April, tiredness shouldn’t be an excuse.
RB midfielder Laimer: “Then we will burn too”
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“If the hut burns, we will burn too. We became footballers for games like this. Nobody will have tired legs,” said midfielder Konrad Laimer. The Ibrox Stadium will be sold out with a good 50,000 fans. According to Laimer, you enjoy playing in such an atmosphere. “If we put what we can on the pitch, then we can beat any opponent.” With the exception of Amadou Haidara, who has been missing for a long time, all players are available.
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Longing place Seville – will there be the third German Euro final?
In the final of the Europa League on May 18, in the legendary “Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan” stadium of FC Sevilla, Leipzig would meet the winner of the semi-final between Frankfurt and West Ham. Eintracht won the first leg 2-1. If both Bundesliga teams progress, it would be the first third purely German European Cup final ever: In 1980, Frankfurt triumphed in the UEFA Cup final against Mönchengladbach, it was the last international final game of Hesse to date. In 2013, Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League final at London’s Wembley Stadium.
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