RB Leipzig started the Champions League season with three points from two games.
A tough opponent is now waiting for RB against last year's finalist Paris.
RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain -: - (- :-) Wed., 9 p.m. on
Sky
and
DAZN
In mid-August, RB Leipzig * lost the semi-finals of the Champions League * against
Paris Saint-Germain
.
Now there is a
reunion
in the group stage of the premier class
.
PSG and RB are
tied in the table
with three points each
from two games.
RB Leipzig - Paris Saint-Germain -: - (- :-) Wed., 9 p.m.
+++ UPDATE +++
Lineup of RB Leipzig: |
Lineup Paris Saint-Germain: |
Gates: |
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
Update from November 4th, 7.10 p.m.:
PSG coach
Thomas Tuchel's contract
expires next summer.
Because of a potential extension, according to Tuchel, “you don't have to dream if you are under constant fire.” The ex-BVB coach feels that he has been treated unfairly in France: “For a while, I had this naive vision that the coach after four Titles and a Champions League final wouldn't be in the line of fire for a while - it took five days. "
“Obviously we can't please everyone.
So we focus on working with the team and creating the conditions for success.
This works thanks to a good relationship with the team and the employees, ”added Tuchel defiantly.
You have to "know how to put on blinders."
Update from November 4th, 6.30 p.m.: RB Leipzig
recently conceded two defeats in a row with the 0: 5 in Manchester and the 0: 1 in Mönchengladbach.
That happened to the Saxons under coach
Julian Nagelsmann
only once at the beginning of October 2019, at that time against Schalke and Lyon.
Three bankruptcies in a row were last set for RB in February 2018.
RB Leipzig - PSG in the live ticker: Leipzig wants to show the "big ones"
Update from November 4, 6:20 p.m.: RB Leipzig
wants to
finally beat a big opponent in the Champions League
tonight against
Paris St. Germain
.
In the preseason they won two wins against Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 16 and one win against Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals.
Manchester United
and
PSG
are even bigger opponents and are a different house number in Europe.
In the semifinals it was 3-0 against PSG and a week ago against United a 5-0.
The Saxons now have to prove that they can take on the heavyweights in their group.
RB Leipzig - PSG in the live ticker: coach duel between Nagelsmann and Tuchel
Update from November 4, 5.45 p.m.:
The game between
RB Leipzig
and
Paris St. Germain
is also the duel between the two German coaches
Julian Nagelsmann
and
Thomas Tuchel
.
The two trainers have known each other since 2007, when Nagelsmann worked as a scout under Coach Tuchel.
"It's not a coaching duel, it's about the two teams," said Nagelsmann.
The 33-year-old has lost all four duels against his former "teacher".
With Hoffenheim there were three defeats against Dortmund and in August with Leipzig the bitter end in the
semi-finals of the Champions League
against PSG.
Will Nagelsmann
win
his
first win
against Tuchel
today
?
Update from November 4, 1:01 p.m.:
Of course,
Paris St. Germain is
a real heavyweight - but
RB Leipzig
is
already latently under pressure
after the high opening defeat against
Manchester United
.
The learning effect from the lost semifinals is that “we definitely don't have to hide,” says coach
Julian
Nagelsmann
.
The 33-year-old sees both games against Paris as "knockout duels".
At least four points should be achieved in the two games.
“Printing is a privilege, it's about something.
Otherwise it would be boring, ”says the coach aggressively.
RB Leipzig - PSG in the live ticker: Revenge for the Red Bulls?
First report from November 3:
Leipzig - It was the historic August 18, 2020, when
RB Leipzig
actually got the chance to reach the final at the Champions League tournament in Lisbon *.
But the opponent at the time,
Paris Saint-Germain
, clearly beat the Saxons 3-0.
Just 78 days after the duel,
Julian Nagelsmann's team got
a new opportunity to beat the French leader.
RB Leipzig - PSG in the live ticker: Star duo is missing from Paris - Nagelsmann and his team are looking for the form
But at RB, in contrast to the
previous season, things are
not going particularly well, first they lost
5-0
in the second Champions League group game against
Manchester United
, then followed a 0-1 defeat in the Bundesliga * top game against the near-Real -Bezwinger Borussia Mönchengladbach *.
Nagelsmann's team is under
pressure
against Paris, of all
places
.
At
PSG they
seem to have recovered after two defeats in September and are leading the Ligue 1 table by
two points
.
The last premier class game they won 2-0 against Basaksehir, while the Leipzig went down at Old Trafford.
🔛🛫 Destination: 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 #RBLPSG
🔴🔵 #AllezParis pic.twitter.com/7sedVUx4Gl
- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) November 3, 2020
However, some hope is germinating with the Leipzigers, because the
star ensemble of
the French is missing the two most important offensive
players Neymar and Kylian Mbappé
.
The Brazilian complains of adductor problems, the French clipper is plagued by a thigh injury.
On top of that, PSG coach Thomas Tuchel Julian Draxler, Marco Verratti, Mauro Icardi and Juan Bernat are missing.
Also on the Leipzig side, Lukas Klostermann, Marcel Halstenberg and Konrad Laimer are missing some
top performers
.
RB Leipzig - PSG in the live ticker: Nagelsmann needs at least one win against Paris to advance
In addition to the revenge, the advancement in the group is a great incentive for the RB kickers,
Julian Nagelsmann
assured that they "learned certain lessons from the semi-finals".
Should his team still have ambitions in the
Champions League
, it would have to be "a must win" at the home game on Wednesday or the away game in Paris.
However
, it is questionable
whether Nagelsmann's
former coach
Tuchel will allow this.
(ajr)
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