The analysis after the sixth defeat in the sixth match in the Champions League was unsparing and honest. "An unbelievable amount" was missing, said RB Leipzig managing director Marcel Schäfer: "The competition has been very disappointing for us in every respect so far." Advancing this season is out of the question, even two wins in the remaining games were no longer enough.
The fact that Amadou Haidara also had to leave the field at the break due to muscular problems and the decisive goal was deflected in the 85th minute was in keeping with the season's performance in the Champions League. Or as Schäfer put it: "A cucumber goal." The remaining games in January at the Red Bull Arena against Sporting Lisbon and then at Sturm Graz will now be nothing more than a motivational exercise with no lasting value in the Champions League.
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