At the end of the US tour, RB Leipzig suffered their first defeat in the fifth preparatory game. With a greatly weakened team and two 16-year-olds in the starting lineup, the Saxons lost 0-3 (0-1) in Fort Lauderdale against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday (local time).
Oliver Hartmann reports on Leipzig’s trip to the US
Unlike the 2-0 victory against Aston Villa, RB professionals lacked enthusiasm and renewal after eight days full of PR meetings and marketing appearances, as well as creativity and impact on the offensive.
In the Chase Stadium, where Lionel Messi is currently celebrating his home games with Inter Miami CF due to renovation work on his own stadium, Rose changed his starting eleven compared to the previous one. 2-0 over Aston Villa required in three positions. Seiwald started for Kampl, who had left early because his son was starting school. Lionel Voufack and 16-year-old Viggo Gebel were replaced by the ill Ouedraogo and Bitshiabu, the latter being one of the few bright spots for the Leipziger. New signing Vandevoort was allowed to start for Gulacsi in goal. At Wolverhampton there was only one Leipzig player in Hwang. The second man, Matheus Cunha, had to miss the game due to a thigh injury.
With the strong wind behind them, Wolverhampton got off to a better start in front of 5,135 official spectators and had a dangerous first act, but Ait-Nouri’s finish was no problem for Vandevoort (4th). However, the first real chance to score belonged to the Bundesliga club: After a strong pass from Gebel, Silva tested Bentley from 17 meters, but the goalkeeper cleared it for a corner (17th). After this, Wolverhampton took the lead through a quick conversion when Klostermann unluckily deflected Sarabia’s shot into his own net. This was the first goal that Leipzig conceded in this preparation.
After half an hour, a short but heavy shower cooled us down a bit. Perhaps it was also because RB found his way into the game a little better at the end of the first half and scored two goals through Openda: at first his harmless look was sure prey for him Bentley (43.), then almost lost after Simakan. preparatory work (44. ).
After the break, regular goalkeeper Gulacsi came on for Vandevoort as agreed. Not much happened in front of the two goals – until the 62nd minute, when Wolverhampton used the first chance of the second half to make an opening decision: Hwang went past Klostermann, Larsen hit the post while single, and Sarabia finished the next step dry. The game was over, and the change in attack with Sesko and Poulsen for Openda and Silva changed nothing. Leipzig simply had nothing left in the tank, Wolverhampton made it 3-0 (73′) after another good work from Hwang through Rodrigo Gomes. After another slump, RB, who did not have a single significant chance to score in the second half, had to be happy in the end that the situation was not worse.
Immediately after the game, the Bundesliga team started their journey home on a charter flight, arriving in Leipzig on Sunday afternoon after a refueling stop in Iceland.
2024-08-04 07:34:49
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