Jürgen Klopp’s landing at the Red Bull Factory starting in January will be, to say the least, forced. And, while Salzburg does not raise its head and New York has just lost the MLS final, Leipzig has had its wings clipped by becoming the first team to be eliminated from this new Champions League.
The Leipzig players, downcast in the presence of DuránEFE
It is true that the losses of several fundamental pillars, such as Castello Lukeba, David Raum and Xavi Simons, have conditioned them excessively. Now, it cannot serve as an excuse for a club like Leipzig, which has made history in Germany (for the worse) by becoming the first team that is not able to score points in the Champions League after six games played.
“I can’t blame my players, since they have done the best they could. We have to suffer at this moment and overcome it. We have to lift our spirits after tonight,” confessed Marco Rose after the last match against Aston Villa in Emery.
We have to cheer up after tonight
Marco Rose, coach of RB Leipzig
Placed in Pot 1, the draw did not smile at them. But, with 13 goals conceded, Leipzig has shown itself to be an absolutely uncompetitive team. “We are conceding too many easy goals. We have to learn for the future,” confessed Loïs Openda, who with a goal and an assist, could do little more to try to keep Leipzig alive.
Statistics between RB Leipzig and Aston Villa
They allowed themselves to come back against Atlético de Madrid, Juventus and Celtic; They narrowly lost against Liverpool and Inter without even tickling them; and against Aston Villa, after equalizing on two occasions, they let a point slip away from the Red Bull Arena with a completely avoidable goal from Barkley five minutes from the end.
This match was a perfect representation of our entire season in the Champions League
Cristoph Baumgartner, RB Leipzig player
For Cristoph Baumgartner, the match showed what his journey through this Champions League has been like… even though there are still two days left: “This match was a perfect representation of our entire season in the Champions League. We have to be honest. “We haven’t been good enough to qualify.”
Emery’s Villa sinks Leipzig further in a crazy match and places third
Since they fell in Dortmund when they led the Bundesliga together with Bayern, Leipzig entered a spiral of negativity in which they went six games without winning until they saved this crisis by eliminating Eintracht in the round of 16 of the POKAL. But, with a schedule to end the year against Eintracht itself and Bayern Munich, it is possible that Marco Rose will not eat his grapes if they fall from the Champions League positions. “We will do everything we can to return to the Champions League next season,” said Openda.
We will do everything we can to return to the Champions League next season
Loïs Openda, RB Leipzig player
From Germany, although Marcel Schafer insists on confirming Rose in the position after renewing it in the summer until 2026, they have been reporting for weeks about the possibility of hiring Roger Schmidt or Erik Ten Hag. “He’s our coach,” the club’s new sports director said a few days ago. But, at this rate, perhaps it will have to be Jürgen Klopp who comes down from the office to lift Leipzig’s flight.
