Europa League NOW live: RB Leipzig with offensive power against Atalanta - Eintracht against FC Barcelona
Created: 04/07/2022, 18:45
By: Antonio Jose Riether
Christopher Nkunku and his Leipzig team want to go to the Europa League semi-finals.
© Roger Petzsche/imago-images
Two German teams are still represented in the Europa League.
RB Leipzig hosts Atalanta Bergamo in the quarter-finals, while Eintracht Frankfurt takes on FC Barcelona.
Europa League*: The two quarter-final first legs of the Bundesliga in the live ticker.
RB Leipzig
is now
challenging Serie A top team Atalanta Bergamo live.
From
9 p.m.
Eintracht Frankfurt* meets FC Barcelona in their own stadium.
Europa League: RB Leipzig - Atalanta Bergamo 0:0 (-:-), quarter-final first leg from 6.45 p.m
Lineup RB Leipzig: Gulacsi - Klostermann, Orban, Gvardiol - Henrichs, Laimer, Kampl, Angelino - Olmo - Silva, Nkunku |
Lineup Atalanta Bergamo: Musso - de Roon, Demiral, Palomino - Hateboer, Koopmeiners, Freuler, Zappacosta - Pessina, Pasalic - Muriel |
Gates: |
>>Update live ticker<<
Kick-off:
The English referee Michael Oliver gives the go-ahead!
Can RB prevail or will Atalanta defeat the next Bundesliga team after Leverkusen?
Update, 6:41 p.m .:
A few minutes until kick-off, the two teams are still in the players’ tunnel.
Update from April 7th, 6:31 p.m.: Fifteen minutes
until kick-off in Leipzig!
Will the Red Bulls take the power from the league to the international stage?
The answer will be available from 6.45 p.m.!
Europa League: RB Leipzig against Atalanta Bergamo in the live ticker – two changes at RBL
Update from April 7, 6:22 p.m .:
Less than half an hour until Leipzig’s quarter-final first leg against Atalanta Bergamo, in which the current Bundesliga fourth meets the Serie A seventh.
It starts at 6.45 p.m., the Red Bull Arena is slowly filling up.
Update from April 7th, 6:07 p.m .:
Now the lineups of Leipzig and Bergamo are known.
RB coach Tedesco changed his first eleven to two positions: Klostermann and the returned Henrichs play for Simakan and Mukiele, both of whom initially take a seat on the bench.
Europa League: RB Leipzig vs. Atalanta Bergamo in the live ticker – will the RB series break tonight?
Update from April 7th, 5.40 p.m .:
RB Leipzig does not intend to put everything on one card in the first leg against Bergamo.
Coach Domenico Tedesco made that clear in the run-up to the game.
"We must not lose patience.
We mustn't be too hungry, we mustn't be too greedy," warned the 36-year-old on Wednesday.
Still, he knows what's at stake.
"The game is important for the club.
We have the opportunity to qualify for the top four, that would be a really good story,” said the successful Leipzig coach, who goes into the duel with ten unbeaten competitive games in a row.
Update from April 7th, 5:20 p.m .:
Tonight, RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt have intensive games on the program.
The Saxons start at 6.45 p.m. when Atalanta Bergamo makes a guest appearance in the Red Bull Arena.
Afterwards Eintracht Frankfurt and the great FC Barcelona face each other.
In a few minutes there will be the lineup from Leipzig!
Europa League: RB Leipzig against Atalanta Bergamo in the live ticker – Frankfurt before a hot duel
First report from April 7th:
Leipzig/Frankfurt – After FC Bayern Munich* had lost their quarter-final first leg in the Champions League, the two Bundesliga competitors in the Europa League want to do better.
However, both RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt meet extremely unpleasant opponents.
The Saxons meet the table seventh in Serie A, who recently threw the Bundesliga competitor Bayer Leverkusen out of the competition.
The Frankfurters meet Barcelona, a relegated from the premier class, who is thriving again under his new coach Xavi.
Europa League: RB Leipzig against Atalanta Bergamo in the live ticker – special game for Tedesco
For Domenico Tedesco, born in southern Italy, it will be a special game.
Against Atalanta Bergamo*, the 36-year-old coach wants to advance to the semi-finals of the small European Cup with his Leipzig team.
At the weekend, his protégés gained a good deal of self-confidence in the 4-1 win in Dortmund, and now the next big hurdle is imminent.
Before the game, Tedesco warned of the opponent who had been particularly good at delivering on the international stage in the past.
“They won at Liverpool, won at Ajax Amsterdam and drew against Manchester City.
That's how we see our opponents," said the head coach.
Europa League: Eintracht Frankfurt demands FC Barcelona – Xavi warns of the Hessians
Thursday evening could be historic for Eintracht Frankfurt, Oliver Glasner's team wants to put themselves in a good position against FC Barcelona* for the second leg next week.
“Because of their national and international successes, there is a myth.
A lot of football greats played there," said the Austrian coach, adding: "They're on their way to the top again."
Barcelona's coach Xavi expressed his respect for the opponent in the run-up to the game and also warned against the Frankfurters.
"We weren't lucky in the draw," said the 42-year-old, looking back at the encounters.
“It will undoubtedly be a very complicated quarter-final.
It's a game of the century for them.
We have to equalize that motivation."
(ajr) *tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
