Leipzig (AP) – Marco Rose leaves no doubt about the quality of Eintracht Frankfurt. However, the key to success in the Bundesliga duel on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky) will be your own game.
“We try to put them under pressure, also with the ball. But we have to be extremely careful with their switching game over Kolo Muani and Lindström with speed,” said the RB Leipzig coach and relies on his own qualities against the Europa League winner. “The approach is not to keep a clean sheet and hope that we score a goal. But we play here at home, we too have an idea, an offensive idea, »said the 46-year-old.
For this he talks his strikers strong, especially the former Frankfurt André Silva. After moving to Leipzig, the Portuguese is still chasing his success rates from Eintracht times (28 goals and 8 assists).
“I told him the other day that he should focus on the process and not on the actual scoring. The process to get there is important in order to be in the pits at the right moment and make the right decisions. Then at some point there are moments when you get lucky, »said Rose and included his entire storm department with Timo Werner, Christopher Nkunku and Yussuf Poulsen. “That means not so much managing and waiting, but always actively shaping the process. We’re all waiting for the day and are happy for the strikers, including Christo, Timo and Yussi, because it’s also important for the boys to score goals.”
Advanced Approach with Nkunku
However, he wants to continue to gently introduce magic foot to Nkunku. We don’t do harakiri there, »said Rose and added with a smile: «If Christo gets up in the morning and has to get into his slippers because he has to go to the toilet, it could also happen that something hurts him.» His commitment against the Hessians is certain, it’s not enough for 90 minutes.
On the other hand, Rose expects Sebastian Rode to return. “I’m assuming that Rode will also play tomorrow. A player who brings a lot into the game, plus Mario Götze with his footballing quality, so we have to be very, very vigilant and attentive.” The duel between fifth and sixth in the table is also a clash between Rose and Oliver Glasner, who already know each other from the Austrian league. The teams of Rose and Glasner played against each other eight times. Rose won four times with RB Salzburg, Glasner only one game with Linzer ASK.
The record also speaks for Rose in the Bundesliga: Glasner only managed one win in six duels against the native of Leipzig. The RB balance sheet against Eintracht, on the other hand, looks rather meager with only three wins from 13 Bundesliga games.
The last Bundesliga win so far was 2-1 in 2019. Last year, the Saxons – still under Domenico Tedesco – had to accept a 0:4 defeat in Frankfurt. It was Tedesco’s last Bundesliga game before Rose took over. Then he later went on a streak of 18 unbeaten games before the damper came from Union Berlin. Now RB can start a new series and even make the title fight exciting. “We want to try to keep up. At the end of the day, we do well to look at ourselves and stay with ourselves. Morning Eintracht Frankfurt, I think it’s important, »said Rose.
