Rose also on the Leipzig bench in the cup on Wednesday

Schäfer criticizes the manner

Schäfer emphasized after the defeat at the hands of his former club that there were some things "that are explainable, there are also too many things, there is no excuse as far as the manner is concerned." You can also lose games in soccer, "but the manner is important. That you have the feeling that you are resilient, that the team is alive, supports each other, pushes each other," said Schäfer. That is the "basis for a soccer team, the whole club is involved, including Marco Rose".

Rose himself said that he was more "clear and energetic" than ever before. "We don't have enough players who are performing at their maximum, we have too many injured players and too few players overall in too many games - it was a bitter blow today," he said after the first home defeat after twelve unbeaten games in the home arena. "Nevertheless, we have to keep working, get the players up to the level," said the RB coach.