For RB Leipzig coach Marco Rose, the way out of the results crisis and the task at TSG Hoffenheim has become considerably more difficult due to the change of coach. "Mechanisms always kick in as a result of something like this. Maybe people listen differently, one player or another senses an opportunity, senses are sharpened," said Rose ahead of the game in Hoffenheim on Saturday (3.30pm/Sky). The Kraichgau side had introduced Christian Ilzer as their new coach during the week.
Leipzig had failed to win three games in a row before the international break and put in weak performances in the defeats in Dortmund and Glasgow. Hoffenheim should now be a step out of the crisis. Rose will benefit from the fact that he knows Ilzer, who joined from Sturm Graz, from his time in Austria. "His approach is proactive, intense. Intensity is paramount," said the 48-year-old.
