The extremely important and difficult away game at Paris Saint-Germain is on the agenda for RB Leipzig on Tuesday evening.
Leipzig – This is going to be a really tough chunk! The practical test at SC Freiburg on Saturday afternoon (1:1) went for RB Leipzig at least not lost. Against the world stars of Paris Saint-Germain it will be a performance like that last Bundesliga game but definitely not enough.
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Yussuf Poulsen (27) also hardly set any accents against SC Freiburg. It is quite possible that he will have to go back to the bench for his team-mate André Silva (24) on Tuesday. © Tom Weller / dpa
Even coach Jesse Marsch (47), who is usually bursting with optimism, knows what will be rolling towards his team on Tuesday evening (9 p.m. / DAZN). “I don’t have a good story against these footballers,” said the 47-year-old, referring to Lionel Messi (34), Neymar (29) and Kylian Mbappé (22).
Actually, the Bundesliga appearance in Breisgau should give the necessary tailwind to make something countable from the previous zero points in the Champions League on Tuesday.
But after an average first half, in which the penalty lead was extremely flattering, the Red Bulls completely lost the thread in the second half and delivered an extremely disappointing performance.
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“We are not good enough,” said Marsch resignedly. After the game, goalscorer Emil Forsberg (29) at least formulated an encouraging phrase: “I hope that we will now show a different performance against Paris.”
But the time of meaningless words should slowly come to an end for the Bundesliga runners-up. After eight game days, the team still does not seem to have internalized the march system.
The back four that the coach would so much like to establish again showed glaring gaps. It is thanks to the post twice and ultimately to Péter Gulácsi (31) that they were able to take at least one point from the Europa-Park stadium against strong Freiburg players. The Prinzenpark will probably not be quite so gracious.
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Especially because the Saxons currently have a catastrophic record in away games. In the league, they are among the weakest teams in terms of statistics. International got from last at Manchester City (3:6) a whopping six goals against. Marsch: “It’s a difficult task. We also learned at Man City that it won’t be easy to defend.”
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