RB Leipzig: 3 goals, 3 heroes, 1 resignation

Match statistics are perfectly able to explain the victory of RB Leipzig at home against Bayer Leverkusen. 14: 5 shots on goal and 55% of won duels show that 3: 0's success was not a product of chance. Sunday afternoon, there was a difference between the opponents, which can only be expressed weakly: team spirit. Kevin Volland, the Leverkusen striker, has not seen his team. Volland summed up the way Werkself played: "This is not a player on the field today who felt that he was getting help from the next man. "

On the other hand, the ranks of Leipzig, which have been surprisingly closed since the bad bankruptcy against Salzburg more than seven weeks ago, sounded very different. Among other things, defender Lukas Klostermann, who crowned his 100th game in the RB jersey with a goal and a goal aid: "If anyone made a mistake," he congratulated his colleagues , "two men immediately spotted their backs". Of course, Klostermann himself was one of those badistants in the emergency. The 22-year-old had his best defense scene in the 42nd minute when he replaced Ibrahima Konate, who gave his own pace and caught up with Kevin Volland, offensively, with an impressive power sprint. ,

A goal and a help are not normal for a back. However, the "Man of the Match" prize has been awarded to another player: Yussuf Poulsen. The Dane is one of RB's most reliable players for weeks and has already scored his second double against Leverkusen this season. "At the moment, I'm exactly at the start position of the ball," said the somewhat profane 24-year-old from his impressive run. By the way, he would not have been defeated by the referee because he had not recognized Poulsens' goal of scoring him 1-0. "I did not realize until very late that the wizard had raised the flag because I was sure it was not offside," Poulsen said afterwards: "But fortunately, there is video evidence. "

Klostermann and Poulsen left their mark in the match. Celebrated separately, however, was a very different player. We are talking about Péter Gulácsi. The Hungarian goalkeeper had to register only two successful actions during this 11th day. This was not his case, after all, only two bullets had come on his chest. The one – a free kick by Leon Patrick Bailey – had it in himself. As Gulácsi scratched the corner in the 78th minute, hockey would be called "monstersave". Salaries were the fifth Bundesliga match in a row with no surrender or extra cheers from supporters after the final whistle. Gulacsi was touched: "I'm happy that fans see that I'm doing everything for the team." And he will certainly do it on Thursday during the international match against Estonia.

Kevin Kampl now has rest instead of international stress. The finalist and surprising midfielder from Leipzig recently announced that he was retiring from the Slovenian national team. "I made the decision for myself and my family," said Sunday the 28-year-old who has justified for the first time his abandonment of the selection jersey. He now has a small family but is not at home. To this is added the extreme physical stress. "I have competed in three competitions in the last six years." Since you need a break between times. In addition, his ankle still creates problems. "If you make as many games as I do right now, it will not help me, the national team and the club." The choice of coach Igor Benedejcic might not see things the same way, but Kampl's decision also testifies to what was of paramount importance during the Bundesliga match against Leverkusen: l & # 39; 39, team spirit.