Real Madrid is going to Germany to face Leipzig, the team they met in the Champions League last season. The Germans, a club affiliated with the Red Bull factory, sold their main stars this summer with Christopher Nkunku heading to Chelsea, Dominik Szoboszlai to Liverpool and Josko Gvardiol to Manchester City. AND Others who made a good offer also came, such as Barcelona youngster Xavi Simons, Belgian striker Lois Openda or Slovenian striker Bejanmin Sesko. This leaves them third in the Bundesliga behind Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen and Harry Kane’s Bayern.
White international players will meet someone they know in the national team, Dani Olmo, the reference player in the attack, who is currently out of action due to a shoulder injury. but by the time the draw is played in February and March, he will have already recovered to face Real Madrid, who have improved players such as Vinicius or Camavinga.
Defeat in Leipzig a year ago
Last year, Real Madrid opened the group stage in a complex match against Leipzig at the Bernabéu and they won (2-0) with two goals from Valverde in the 80th minute and Marco Asensio in stoppage time. The whites visited the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig on the fifth day of the group stage and lost 3-2 there. The Germans took the lead 2-0 in the 18th minute with the goals of Nkunku and Gvardiol, Vinicius took the lead once again in the 44th minute, Timo Werner scored the third goal in the 81st minute, and Rodrygo made the score 3-2 in extra time. This is an example that should serve as a warning to the Whites against one of the fastest teams on the continent.
Leipzig then faced Guardiola’s Manchester City in the round of 16, and after a 1-1 draw in Germany, they suffered a resounding defeat at the Etihad (7-0), which knocked them out of the Champions League and the team prompted its restructuring. sale of stars. Their coach is Marco Rose, one of the brightest young coaches in German football.
This is a club that does not have the support of German football. Those who opposed the acquisition of RB Leipzig by the Red Bull factory. Thus, fans of Leipzig’s historic club, Lokomotive Leipzig, boycotted their first match, and in 2014, fans of 10 teams in Germany’s second league, Bundesliga 2, united in the “Nein zu RB” (“No to RB”) campaign. “), where they asked the DFL not to grant them a federal license. Union Berlin fans even wore mourning garb in their first match for what they saw as the “death of football culture”. Today they are the football flag of East Germany, where Red Bull is the most prominent team.
Real Madrid’s trap draw in recent years against an opponent with tremendous talent and a growth dynamic makes them a difficult opponent, as they confirmed last season. A return to Santiago Bernabeu should be decisive for them AncelottiHe also had a bad time in the last match of the group stage of this edition in Berlin. Germany is never easy, and the path of the whites will begin on the path of Decimoquinta. After a draw in Leipzig that was “welcomed” in the dressing room and the club. This excitement was positive as he was one of the most popular competitors.