RB Leipzig missed a conciliatory farewell from the Champions League. The team of coach Marco Rose lost 0: 1 (0: 1) on the last match day of the league at Sturm Graz.
At the end of their disappointing royal class season, the Saxons conceded the seventh bankruptcy in the eighth game, and the Bundesliga club had no chance of reaching the Ko round before the game.
Arjan Malic (42nd) was successful for the Austrians, who was also eliminated, and prevented RB Leipzig’s head from the Champions League. After six bankruptcies in a row, RB celebrated the first points against Sporting Lisbon (2-1) last week.
Rose used the sporty meaningless away game to protect some regular players. Compared to the 2: 2 against Bayer Leverkusen last Saturday, the RB coach changed its starting eleven to six positions. Among other things, the Xavi Simons and David Raum, who had just returned from injury breaks, initially took a seat on the bench, and Rose ran on Maarten Vandordt in the goal.
In the Wörthersee Stadium, however, the hosts were active from the start and initially had more of the game. Leipzig found the game better, Antonio Nusa failed at the first good opportunity at the Graz keeper Kjell Scherpen (20th). Instead, Malic put the ball over the line for a corner after a corner.
On the other hand, the Leipziger awarded a double chance: Scherpen parried the shot of Lutsharel Geertruida, Christoph Baumgartner put the margin over the goal (44th). After the break, Leipzig pushed to equalize, but initially acted too ineffective and careless in front of the goal. Another hit by the Austrians by William Böving (62nd) did not count on RB captain Willi Orban due to a previous foul.