At least a little restraint in order not to run into the open knife is quite appropriate in this first leg. After all, Atalanta is extremely strong away from home: just three of the 20 games played so far this season in foreign stadiums have been lost. In the Serie A away table, the northern Italians are third instead of seventh in the regular table.
Is a draw enough?
If you read between the lines a bit creatively, Tedesco would probably be fine with a draw in Leipzig and would not lose his nerve even with a narrow defeat. “We showed against Real Sociedad that we are capable of turning the second leg in the right direction away from home.” As a reminder, after a 2-2 win at home, RB won 3-1 in San Sebastian.
However, there are also memories of a somewhat more unpleasant kind. In 2018, Leipzig had to give up in the quarter-finals of the Europa League after a 2: 5 in Marseille. For RB captain and goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi, however, that happened in a completely different situation: “We were very inexperienced back then. Now we’re much further, we’ve grown as a team.” Last weekend they showed “that we can play clever and disciplined”.
Peter Gulacsi: “The chances are balanced”
00:57 minutes.
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failures on both sides
Neither clever nor disciplined, Yussuf Poulsen, Tyler Adams and Amadou Haidara, who were injured during the international “break”, are still unable to play at all. The trio probably wouldn’t have made the starting XI anyway. The Italians, on the other hand, have slightly bigger problems, with two central defenders missing in captain Rafael Toloi and Berat Djimsiti. Whether Merih Demiral can play is open. The Turkish national player flew to Leipzig, but whether he can play is an open question.
Domenico Tedesco: “I’ve seen Bergamo twice”
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