José María Giménez got RB Leipzig off to a false start in the Champions League with his 90th-minute header. For a long time, the Saxon Bundesliga club believed they could win a point at Atlético Madrid. But in the end, the 2:1 (1:1) was also Leipzig's first defeat after 16 unbeaten competitive matches. Benjamin Sesko gave RB an early lead at the Estadio Metropolitano (4th minute). Antoine Griezmann scored the more than deserved equalizer (28 minutes) before Giménez sent the stadium wild.
United forces
The already frenzied Atlético supporters went all out and gave their team even louder support. RB defender Willi Orban, who returned to the starting eleven after serving a suspension in the league, had declared the day before that the "heated atmosphere" would spur him and his teammates on. However, this only applied to the initial phase. The first furious counter-attacks were thwarted with difficulty by the Leipzig defenders.
After a mistake by goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi in particular, Orban and Co. had to invest everything to avert the danger (16'). Just eight minutes later, Castello Lukeba prevented the goal with a sliding tackle after a mistake in the build-up play and immediately afterwards, Ángel Correa's header from a corner hit the inside of the post. Gulacsi was able to fish it off the line. Leipzig barely managed to relieve the pressure. Griezmann's equalizer was therefore only a matter of time. Even after the goal, the hosts had more of the play, but missed too many chances.
