RB Leipzig: Rangnick explains why he trains himself

E s need clarification. Because the old man was again the new. Because it looked like something boiled, a little bland. Ralf Rangnick is back. From the sports director of RB Leipzig is again the coach of RB Leipzig. As at this moment as an interim solution

that is why the club's boss, Oliver Mintzlaff, immediately stressed: "We do not see this as a year of transition, we want to continue on the road to success . " Rangnick, of course, remains a sports director. Understands too. In addition, questions regarding Julian Nagelsmann, the Hoffenheim coach who has already been engaged for the period from the summer of 2019, will not be answered. It was also clear for Mintzlaff.

Now everything was about Rangnick. 60 years old, experienced, even as a successful coach. Stuttgart, Schalke, Hoffenheim, to name a few. Rangnick recounted how he came to himself. He sketched a short review. May 16: Everyone is convinced that Ralph Hasenhüttl will also coach in the coming season. That's what Rangnick says. So: Hasenhüttl says that he would not continue without a prematurely prolonged contract. From May 17: Leipzig becomes clear that a new coach is needed

This should be Nagelsmann, after the version of Leipziger expressly the only one, with which the badociation had spoken and occupied himself. But he wanted to start only next season. "So the question was who else is in question," Rangnick said. One can confidently imagine that Rangnick first asked the question and that at one point he found the answer. Rangnick reports, "Can Rangnick also be released?"

There was a puzzle game during this period. The US company subsidiary employs a very interesting coach. He calls Jesse Marsch and is responsible for the Red Bull team in New York. However, Mars ended up falling on Rangnick's grid, because he a) no German, b) the league does not know and c) Rangnick in the backyard always had VfL Wolfsburg and his experienced coach with the involvement of British Steve McLaren

Anyway, he and his entourage, Mintzlaff, finally met him, Rangnick. "I know each player the best, I know the league well, and there will not be many problems with the language," says Rangnick.

But what happens if he does not succeed? Dismissal? The question went to Mintzlaff. He said, "We do not deal with negative scenarios when the season is not going the way it should be." So we can always expect to see if the math is good. Because the newly launched experiment is definitely a risk.

Rangnick: Red Bull club must be "dreaded"

For who followed the comments of Rangnick, had to conclude that everything should be better, when he was last under Hasenhüttl. To tell Rangnick: "We have to evolve, get better, dread."

Rangnick said the football demanded by the club's leaders was "120%" in the 2016/17 season. , "Not always last season". Then he listed what had gone wrong in the "different relevant areas": the average points went from 2.0 to 1.5, the number of goals increased (from 39 to 53), the rates of Increase to standards. "Both in his own shot and cashed in. If you consider that the English have achieved 80 percent of their goals at the World Cup by the standards, you can imagine how important this field has become," Rangnick said.

All he wants to improve, to become a high-level team in these areas again, as he has said. He did not want to know it as a criticism of Hasenhüttl's work, but of course that was the case. He even broke with the RB code for this and let Julian Nagelsmann say, "When he lost 1: 2 here with his team last year, he said: He lost to a team that lost the ball against the ball. The best is what currently exists in Europe. No one said that about us last season. Because we want to grow again. "

RB Leipzig and the darn point cup

According to Rangnick should" after all these last three years, the team has again a different address, views and content well. "A victory over would have been enough to finish third. "Another defeat but also to become eighth or ninth. A season like last year, where you score 1.5 points and 1.6 thirds, has not been there for a long time and will not be as fast anymore. "Full-throttle football will return, that was the message

In previous engagements, pushed by Rangnick, at least the imagination is there that they bring in. Everything revolves around young fast players By attacking Matheus Cunha (FC Sion) and defensive players Nordi Mukiele (HSC Montpellier) and Marcelo Saracchi (Club Atletico River Plate), the club has signed three players for five years each, none of which is over 20.

RB must From the second qualifying round for the Europa League from 26 July, where they will meet the winner of the match between FK Liepaja de Letto and the BK Häcken of Sweden. The decision on the opponent falls on July 19th. The first Bundesliga match of the new season will be played by the inhabitants of Leipzig on August 25 at Borussia Dortmund.