RB Leipzig loses the second “box duel” with FC Salzburg and hope to protect the aid of the Austrians. Bayer 04 Leverkusen is in front of the group victory, Eintracht Frankfurt has it for sure.
“Goodbye,” she repeated sardonically of the ranks in the Salzburg stadium. After a new defeat, was also from Red Bull-sponsored FC Salzburg Bundesliga side RB Leipzig is in the Europa League. The Team of coach Ralf Rangnick also lost the second “box duel”, this time with 0:1 (0:0). In Leipzig RB had concluded in September with a 2:3 the Shorter. The winner for the Austrians Fredrik Gulbrandsen scored in the 74th minute. Minute, the Norwegian had already scored in the first leg of the decisive goal for the team of the German Coach Marco Rose. In the table of group B of Leipzig dropped only six points and is rank three. New Second behind Salzburg (15 points), Celtic Glasgow (9), the Scots won in Norway with Rosenborg Trondheim with 1:0. Leipzig must be on the last group Matchday in aid of the Salzburg hope to protect. Only if the Austrians win in Glasgow and Leipzig, at the same time Trondheim defeated, can move to the Bundesliga side in the first knockout round.
Werner: “A Stupid Goal”
“We have slept through the first 20 minutes. In the second half, it was up to 1:0 a contested game. Then we conceded a stupid goal,” said Leipzig’s national player Timo Werner and analyzed realistically the situation: “Everyone knew the constellation. A victory would have been important.” But the game made from the beginning to the Salzburg. The good RB goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo thwarted in the first half after a direct decrease of Gulbrandsen (20.) the residue. In the second half, he was then but a flat shot of the free-standing Norwegian from eleven meters powerless.
Gulbrandsen (2.v.r.) cheered his goal to 1:0 – it remains to be the only goal of the Evening
The best odds for Leipzig Werner had. Shortly before the end of the first half, he shot just wide of the goal (44.). In the second round, he failed to goalkeeper Alexander Walke, who was able to parry his long-range shot glossy (77.). Little sporty Werner showed the Keeper then the referee not notice the finger.
The victory of the Salzburg was not fully earned, even if RB coach Rangnick afterwards said: “I think we have made a good game. To victory we should have a very good game. We played against a top team.”
Leverkusen on course for group victory
Weiser (l.) hits from a tight angle to make it 1:1
Better than Rangnick will be Leverkusen’s colleague Heiko was not mood Wonderfully – and, although Bayer 04 got against Ludogorez Razgrad a 1:1 (0.0). “We wanted to win the game, we were not able to. With the 1:1 we can live with that,” said Gorgeous. “You see that by the many exchange, the automatisms don’t work.” The coach had changed his starting lineup compared to the 2:0 in the Bundesliga game against VfB Stuttgart last Friday on ten positions. After Marcelinho had brought the guests from Bulgaria (69.), Mitchell Weiser made with a shot into the far corner (85.) to ensure that the Leverkusen, which came with a blue eye. The werkself continued to expand, even with a ten points lead in the group A, because tracker FC Zurich (9) surprisingly lost against AEK Larnaca (5) – the last first-round opponents of the Leverkusen on 13. December in Cyprus.
Two own goals in Frankfurt
Sarr (l.) has taken into his own goal
Eintracht Frankfurt has secured the group H already win the group. The team of coach Adi Hütter also won their fifth Europa League game with 4:0 (2:0) against Olympique Marseille and can no longer be displaced in the last preliminary round game at Lazio Rome from the top. Curiously enough, two of the Eintracht goals were scored by own goals of the French. The former Bundesliga player Luiz Gustavo (17.) and Bouna Sarr (62.) met into his own goal. The other two hits Luka Jovic controlled in the case of (2. 67.).