2023-09-17 22:11:07
Black FCA series: “Hurts extremely”
“The first half was a complete catastrophe,” complained captain Ermedin Demirovic after the game on Sky: “I don’t know what happened. We didn’t win the duels and Leipzig took advantage of the chances as ice-cold. That’s bitter and hurtful extremely painful.” FCA coach Maaßen was “simply annoyed” by his team’s initial performance. “We have to examine this critically,” explained the coach.
The Augsburg team had already arrived at the former central stadium with an uneasy feeling. Since Leipzig’s promotion seven years ago, the Swabians have almost exclusively suffered defeats in the Saxon metropolis. The score before kick-off was one point and 3:16 goals.
RB offensive too fast for Augsburg
History was about to repeat itself, because on Saturday afternoon too the guests ran after Leipzig’s fast-paced football from the start. The first dangerous attack via Emil Forsberg and Lois Openda landed on the head of Xavi Simons, who headed in to make it 1-0. Just five minutes later, things went too fast again for the FCA defense, which came into play for the first time as a three-man chain with new signing Patric Pfeiffer. This time Simons used the large space to pass to Openda, who slotted in easily.
The game only went one way, after half an hour and the 3-0 through space the game was probably already decided. At the break, Maaßen had enough and made four changes: Iago, Gouweleeuw, Engels and Tietz came on for Pedersen, Udokhai, Dorsch and Beljo. That same Phillip Tietz brought a breath of fresh air.
Demirovic misses XXL chance
First the newcomer from Darmstadt registered with a header and forced Janis Blaswich to make a save (48th). A little later there was suddenly a huge opportunity to make the game exciting again: Tietz fed his captain Ermedin Demirovic, who was completely unmarked by Blaswich from five meters (56′). The FCA looked like a substitute, played with determination and pushed the hosts back into their own half. “We have to take that with us for the next game,” said Demirovic.
Afterwards, Leipzig recovered, also because Marco Rose brought fresh energy and let his team run the ball better again. Augsburg remains in the bottom third of the table with two points and will score next Saturday (3:30 p.m.) at home on Mainz 05. That’s where the first competitive win of the season should finally come from. “It will be an extremely important game,” said Demirovic: “We are playing at home against an opponent on equal footing. It will be a completely different game.”
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