The gifts are to be distributed before and after the game - in the 90 minutes in between, RB Leipzig's coach demands full concentration on Hamburger SV with returnee Yussuf Poulsen. "I don't sense any particular rivalry," said RB coach Ole Werner, who moved to Leipzig from northern rivals Werder Bremen in the summer, ahead of the home game against HSV on Saturday (3.30pm/Sky and DAZN). "We have to look after ourselves and put in a top performance."
Of course, the return of Leipzig's record player, who has played 425 games for RB, will be celebrated. The warm-up is followed by a farewell ceremony for the striker, who moved to the promoted club in the summer. Werner, who saw Poulsen for "two or three days in Leipzig", had already had "open and honest talks" with the Danish international about the prospects in Leipzig, which then influenced the transfer.
