For Leipzig and Tedesco, the “way in which we got into the game” was particularly important, emphasized the coach. He saw an outstanding preparer Nordi Mukiele, whose departure was already treated as a done deal. He hung up twice for Nkunku (48th minute/57th), who marked his 19th and 20th goals of the season. Previously, André Silva (40th) had put RB in the lead before Emil Forsberg (64th) marked the final score with a penalty kick.
Tedesco hopes for a further increase in performance
“The second half was a firework, we played really great football,” said Forsberg, who, as the man who scored the important goals, only looks at the two finals: “These are big games, that’s what you play football for. It’s about the Champions League , it’s about the trophy – who can’t love that.” Captain Peter Gulasci invited the fans to free beer after the win and promised: “We finally want to win the pot.”
After his team’s remarkable reaction, coach Tedesco is hoping for further performance explosions: “I want there to be a lot of difficult decisions for me because the boys are doing well.” And then he was quietly happy about the first small success: “We made the Europa League fixed, that’s not a matter of course after the start either. In Bielefeld we now want to put the lid on the next higher competition.”