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Bundesliga: “Pete with the giant hands”: Leipzig celebrates Gulacsi

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“Pete with the giant hands”: Leipzig celebrates Gulacsi

Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi showed a strong performance against Dortmund. photo

© Jan Woitas/dpa

When Peter Gulacsi is in goal, RB Leipzig no longer loses. With a strong performance against Dortmund, the Hungarian extended the series to eleven games.

Peter Gulacsi can simply no longer be defeated in the Bundesliga. On February 4th, the goalkeeper regained his regular place at RB Leipzig and has been a guarantee of an impressive series of successes since then. Leipzig didn’t lose eleven times with the 33-year-old, and he had to miss the 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich injured. The Hungarian national soccer player shone again in the 4-1 win against Borussia Dortmund, which was probably the deciding factor in the fight for fourth place. It was his 300th competitive game for the Saxons.

“Pete with the giant hands,” said sports director Rouven Schröder. “At the end of the day, he has two huge saves at important times.” Gulacsi deflected a header against the direction of Niclas Füllkrug when the score was 0-0 just as brilliantly around the post as an almost identical attempt from Marco Reus. At this point, Leipzig was already leading 3-1, but missed numerous top-class opportunities to make a preliminary decision.

“Pete provides stability”

“He is a guarantee that the defensive people play a good game,” said Schröder. Coach Marco Rose made a similar judgment: “Pete gives us stability. He can keep going like this. Maybe another 300.”

Even before the winter break, there were constant rumors that Gulacsi would leave Leipzig after more than eight years. Janis Blaswich represented the veteran very well after his cruciate ligament tear and was even invited to play for the national team. But then the uncertainties increased and Gulacsi got his chance.

Departures are taken into account

With the win against Dortmund, Leipzig can in principle really start planning for the coming season. These depended on participation in the new Champions League, especially since the expansion to 36 teams could result in additional income of ten to twelve percent. “We want to have a good team next year too. So this was good advertising for us,” said Schröder.

However, you have to expect interest in the current players. According to Schröder, Leipzig is a “perfect platform” for development. There should not be another upheaval like last summer, when top performers Konrad Laimer, Christopher Nkunku, Dominik Szoboszlai and Josko Gvardiol left the club. Internally, Dani Olmo is expected to be transferred, which can go for 60 million euros. Benjamin Sesko has a clause of 50 million.