Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann: semi-final outfit tears fans off their stools - "It has to be Lagerfeld against PSG"

Julian Nagelsmann and RB Leipzig meet PSG in the Champions League semi-finals. The trainer's outfit also became an issue.

• Champions League *: In the semi-finals, RB Leipzig * will play against Paris St. Germain .
• There is a duel between two German coaches - Julian Nagelsmann against Thomas Tuchel .
• Nagelsmann was once a student under Tuchel - is he now defeating his master? At least he scored points with his outfit.

Update from August 18, 9:20 p.m .: Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann made himself really chic for the biggest game of his career . The 33-year-old dressed up especially for the semi-finals of the Champions League between RB and PSG and wore a smart suit . Nagelsmann feels comfortable in the concert of the greats, but on Twitter the RB coach earned scorn and ridicule for the daring evening wardrobe.

“Nagelsmann decided not to dare to experiment. And what about the suit? ”Asks a user surprised. Another fan mischievously wrote that it had to be Lagerfeld against PSG. Another user cheers on RB just to see what Nagelsmann would wear in the final.

After half an hour Nagelsmann ran hot and threw the jacket in the corner. The RB coach tried to push his team forward from the sidelines with tactical instructions after the early deficit. PSG coach Thomas Tuchel, on the other hand, was still with a splint on his leg *, very simply with a long-sleeved polo shirt.

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First report from August 18: Lisbon - If you had said five years ago that Thomas Tuchel and Julian Nagelsmann would duel in the Champions League semi-finals , you would probably have been declared crazy. Nagelsmann started his first head coach at 1899 Hoffenheim *, Tuchel was coach of Borussia Dortmund *. Now the two are among the four best in Europe with their teams RB Leipzig * and PSG . It is the story of a student and his teacher - both know each other well enough. But where from?

RB Leipzig - PSG: German coach duel - Nagelsmann and Tuchel have known each other since 2007

In 2007 the two met for the first time - Tuchel signed as coach of the reserve of FC Augsburg * with Nagelsmann, a young playmaker who was thrown back again and again due to bad luck with injuries. Because the two had a similar understanding of football, Tuchel made today's RB coach his assistant , who should analyze the opposing teams. Later both managed to get promoted - and reached their career high point when they made it to the Champions League semi-finals .

RB Leipzig demands PSG - Nagelsmann on Tuchel: "Never had a particularly close relationship"

But they're not friends, as Nagelsmann explains: “We've never had a particularly close relationship. We always talk to each other, like when Christopher Nkunku was signed last summer. ”In his typically quick-witted manner, the 33-year-old also expresses his lack of understanding of the hype that is being made about the duel between the two coaches. Both coaches are considered tactical foxes , but Nagelsmann has never defeated Tuchel in three duels. In contrast to Diego Simeone , with whom he fought in the dressing room when he won.

🗣 "Thomas liked my work so it was one of the first steps on the path that I am still on"

Julian Nagelsmann explains how Thomas Tuchel helped him get into coaching pic.twitter.com/hTa22Yw0BE

How the Leipzig coach wants to change that, he explains in his match schedule . To do this, he has to turn off the star ensemble of his opponent with Neymar , Mbappé and Co. The overriding credo is: Design the game yourself. “We can also create scoring opportunities. We can hurt them too. We are eager to get ahead, ”emphasizes Nagelsmann with his usual self-confidence. “We try to take over the reins of action.” The key is to “create actions ourselves”.

Champions League: RB Leipzig against PSG - Tuchel has significantly more pressure

So who is going to write in the history books and make it to the final? Either FC Bayern or the surprise team Olympique Lyon are waiting there . In any case, Thomas Tuchel has the greater pressure - investor Nasser Al-Khelaifi , who has long been aiming for a Champions League triumph, is sitting on his neck. Now PSG are closer than ever. In contrast, for a club founded in 2009 (RB Leipzig), reaching the semi-finals is triumph enough - Nagelsmann has nothing to lose. (epp)

Once again, the football magazine 11 Freunde will not report on the semi-finals . The editors refuse to write about the upstart, which now led to a shit storm. * tz.de is part of the Ippen editorial network