RB Leipzig welcomes Glasgow Rangers to the Europa League semi-final first leg at the Red Bull Arena on Thursday evening.
Leipzig – It’s going to be a football festival! RB Leipzig welcomes the Glasgow Rangers on Thursday evening (9 p.m. / RTL +). Europa League semi-final first leg in the local Red Bull Arena. An outstanding atmosphere is inevitable!
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The Red Bull Arena is sold out on Thursday evening. It is still unclear how many Glasgow Rangers fans will find their way into the stadium. © Jan Woitas/dpa
Over 7,000 Scots may make their way to Leipzig, although only 2,400 tickets went to the away team.
The Saxons want to do a lot to ensure that you don’t experience such a fan debacle as FC Barcelona did in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt. It may not be possible to completely prevent more than the away block from being filled with Glasgow fans on Thursday.
Rangers coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst (47) spoke at the press conference on Wednesday about an atmosphere that could inspire his team: “It’s always a factor when there are a lot of guest fans. It then feels like a home game away. “
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The Scots played a friendly against the Bundesliga side in Leipzig in January 2017. At that time, 8,000 fans of the traditional club traveled with them. In the end, however, they saw their team lose 4-0.
The supporters of 1. FC Union Berlin in the last two games in the Red Bull Arena have already made it clear how strong the fan factor can be. In the second attempt it worked with the three and the fact that Leipzig’s series of 15 unbeaten games in a row was broken.
However, there is a high probability that the lawn ball fans will not give up, but will do everything for their team on Thursday so that the dream of the second final can live on.
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A curious detail next to the pitch: RB coach Domenico Tedesco (36) will probably even sleep in the academy on Wednesday because 200 Rangers fans will be guests in his hotel and could certainly cause a riot. “But well, we’re just happy, we’re playing in a great atmosphere at home: that’s the best thing that can happen,” said the 36-year-old at the press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
He assumes that the matter will probably not be finally clarified on Thursday, but that the second leg will only clarify who will ultimately be in the final in a week. Tedesco: “That’s typical for semi-finals like this!”
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