RB crisis
Ruthless Werner: “Have to win urgently”
Leipzig’s Timo Werner finds clear words for the crisis at RB. photo
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Timo Werner spoke plain language and repeated the coarse vocabulary of boss Oliver Mintzlaff. Willi Orban also spoke of deficiencies at RB Leipzig. Coach Domenico Tedesco still believes in the upswing.
Even the great frustration over the denied penalty didn’t prevent Timo Werner from a relentless analysis of the Leipzig start crisis.
“With all the love in front of the teams, we could actually have won the three games and have two points from games like that. That’s probably not enough,” Werner immediately suggested the arc from the draw at VfB Stuttgart (1-1) and against 1. FC Köln (2:2) to the sobering 1:2 at Union Berlin.
Werner: “We urgently need to win a game”
“I don’t want to say that hard times are coming, but I think we urgently need to win a game,” demanded the national soccer player on Saturday evening after the defeat in the capital.
Werner now confirmed the harsh choice of words by managing director Oliver Mintzlaff, who had already expressed fundamental criticism before the bankruptcy in Köpenick. “Shitty” might be a very harsh word, said Werner. But: “In the end it was a shitty start,” said the 26-year-old striker about the two meager points after three matchdays in the Bundesliga.
Defense chief Willi Orban indicated fitness deficits, which could also be understood as internal criticism. “You can see that some are not yet at the top level, there are a few percent missing and then it’s just not enough, especially against physically good teams. We have to make sure that we get every player at the top level. That will be very important”, demanded the scorer for the ultimately useless connection with a view to the next game against VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday, who are also still without a win.
Coach Tedesco, as always, sober, confident and smooth
Werner and Orban went quite far in their search for the reasons for the fourth 2-1 defeat in the Bundesliga against Union in a row. As always, coach Domenico Tedesco looked sober, confident and smooth, as if he were giving a presentation at a manager seminar. After 20 very bad minutes, he complained that he would have liked to see more possession, but there were no signs of stress or even panic.
He also no longer wanted to deal with the communication with Boss Mintzlaff. “I was asked about it in all interviews, it’s not an issue for us, we’re trying to work in a focused way. We’ll do that next week,” promised Tedesco, who then seemed surprised at a moment when Orban heard about a visit to the cabin Club boss Mintzlaff reported during the week that he apparently knew nothing about.