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Episode 64 - are RB Leipzig on the way up?

In this episode Justin informs the listeners of the latest news coming out of Cottaweg including the 14 players leaving for international duty this week, Timo Werner returning to RB Leipzig from Tottenham come seasons end with a new recruit. We review the 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund on match-day 26 of the Bundesliga in the topspiel time slot which the podcast also did a live-stream across multiple platforms for international fans and fans who couldn’t be one of the 47,800 in the stadium on match-day. We preview our next Bundesliga fixture against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga with player watch for the upcoming game as the Prussians will be without some key players and an RBL talk segment with optimism and questions about Xavi Simons that and more in this weeks episode.

 

In this episode we have listener questions from rob3r7o and Cyril from RB fans discord community, mari.thiem, pia_hffmr and rl9lewyfan from Instagram.


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Justin:

Hello everyone and welcome to RBL Talk.

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On today's show, we have some club news.

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We recap the top spiel in

Match day 26 against BIA Tand.

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I'll preview match day 27 in the

Bundesliga against BIA Mush and GLA

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back and in the RBL talk segment,

your listener input on the show.

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Starting with the Club news for

this week, Tottenham decide against

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permanent purchase of Timo Werner.

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Florian Berg reports that Timo

Werner is heading back to his Bunes

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Legal Club at the end of the season.

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I.

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The German's 18 month loan with

Tottenham Hod spur draws to a

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close at the end of the season.

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Some modest success in the Premier League

last spring led to the speculation that

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Spurs wanted to sign the 29-year-old on

a permanent basis from RB Leipzig with

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no goals in his 18 league appearances

this season, however, it appears as

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if the club management at White Heart

Lane has decided that weer is not worth

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the 12 million Euro purchase option.

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Berg notes that Werner's future

with Leipzig is very much contingent

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on whether Marco Rosa remains the

head coach of the German Red Bulls.

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The continuous relationship

between the two was no secret.

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The former Chelsea man could

still generate interest

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from Premier League sides.

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Some Bunes League clubs could

convince ly also have interest.

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Moreover, per Berg, there are

inquiries from America's MLS,

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the 57 times that ca International

currently earns approximately

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10 million Euro via his current

RB contract valid until:

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He maintains a 50 million

Euro estimated market worth.

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Report lab Zg pip by to 16-year-old

Swedish talent, ARRB Leipzig have captured

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yet another talented teenager headed

of the club's competing young Swede

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as per journalist, Ricio Romano Arrb

lab Zg have P by Munich to the signing

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of top talent, Warren and Ghana.

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The 16-year-old Swede will

make the move to lower Saxony

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from his current employers.

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Dig Your Garden's if f.

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Leipzig is reportedly paying a base

fee of 1 million Euro for the Swedish

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Center half, but bonus payments

could make that figure rise to 2.5

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million di rotten Bullen afford off

stiff competition for the youngster

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who is also being courted by Bio

Munich and NTUs in Italy and Ghana

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is yet to make his senior debut

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for your gardens.

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But has represented Sweden at under 16

level, given his age lab will see in Ghana

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as a transfer for the future and allow

him to develop in their underage squads

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and final piece of club

news for this episode.

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14 RBL plays leave on international duty.

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A total of 14 RBL players have been called

up by their retrospective nations ahead of

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their first international break of 2025.

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David Ram Chavy and re Keytruda will

be taking part in the quarterfinals of

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the Nation League with Germany and the

Netherlands, Austria-Hungary, Belgium

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and Slovenia are all taking part in

the Nation's League playoffs as they vy

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to earn promotion to a higher league.

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Junior Leba under 20 ones and

El bu under 20 and Tedium Gomez

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under 19 will be in action with

the various French youth sides,

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These are the exact following

players and when they, they'll

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be playing, David Realm will be

representing Germany against Italy.

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Two times.

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The first will be on Thursday the 20th of

March at 8:45 PM Central European time.

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All these times are central European time.

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The second time is Sunday, the 23rd of

March, Chavy Keytruda will be in the

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Nation's league, quarterfinal against

Spain on Thursday, 20th of March, also

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at 8:45 PM and they do the reverse

fixture on Sunday the 23rd of March.

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At the exact same time, Peter Gian

will the all band for Hungary.

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They'll play Turkey on the 20th of

March at 8:00 PM and they'll play

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the next round again on Sunday the

23rd of March, also at 6:00 PM.

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Kris Baum Gardner Nicholas ald and

Xavier Schlager have all been named for

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the Austrian squad to take on Serbia.

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The Nation League playoff is at

8:45 PM on Thursday the 20th of

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March with the reverse fixture

on the Sunday the 23rd of March.

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Arthur Ver Lewis Pender and Martine

Vander represent Belgium against Ukraine.

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They play at 8:45 PM on Thursday,

20th of March with the reverse

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fixture on Sunday the 23rd of March.

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Benjamin Sesco represents a Slovenia and

will be playing Slovakia on Thursday 25th,

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March at 8:45 PM Central European time.

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They also played the reverse

fixture on Sunday the 23rd of March.

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However, this one is at 6:00 PM.

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Leba rule representing France

under 20 ones against England.

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Under 20 ones it would be a friendly on

Friday, 21st of March, no set start time.

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Che will be Shabu rule represent

France under twenties against Japan.

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Also a friendly on Thursday, 20th

of March with no set time and

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tedium Gomez will also represent

France at the under 19 level.

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They'll be playing Spain on

Wednesday the 19th of March.

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And Lativa on Saturday 22nd of March

and Italy on Tuesday 25th of March.

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No set times for these fixtures.

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With all that outta the way, it's

time to recap the top spiel against

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a Baria Tand with what we did right?

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The good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Starting with the good.

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There's a lot here for this episode.

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We're efficient from corners.

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Scoring one of two goals from the set

piece players positioning was great.

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Hence the first goal that was scored by

chubby nine outta 15 shots inside the box.

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That's 60%.

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BVB had 20 to 25.

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In contrast, that's 80%.

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For those who are wondering, we

blocked seven shots in defense.

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61 out of 105 passes in the final third.

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That's 58%.

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That's not bad, but also not great either.

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Very mediocre from what's meant to

be a top four side in the Bunes Liga.

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And the contrary BBB had 162 of

217 passes at 75%, which shows

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their attacking mentality compared

to the defensiveness of RBL.

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We won eight of 10 dribbles

at 80%, which is good.

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We won more tackles than BVB 19 to 11 at

63% success rate compared to BVB at 55%.

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We cleared the ball well with

49 clearances for the whole game

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goalkeeper Peter Gal made nine saves

his opposite number, only made three.

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We intercepted well,

made 11 interceptions.

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BVB only had seven.

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We recovered the ball well

and quickly as we worked hard.

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58 recoveries made in the game.

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In total, what we did wrong, the

bad, gave away too many fouls.

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Total doorman had 10 booked

three times all yellow carts,

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five outta 15 shots on target.

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That's only 33.33%.

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We had two errors that

led to a shot on goal.

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We let BVB dominate possession.

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We only had 34% of it.

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BVB could have controlled the game

with 66% possession, which leads

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into the next one with 71 passes

into the final third for BVB.

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No wonder why we were carved

up in defense and for what we

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did really wrong, the ugly.

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Just a couple of things here.

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We let Tand get too many big chances.

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Eight in total.

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And 25 shots in total.

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This could have been a four two game if

BVB took their chances, we essentially

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got outplayed by sitting in 10th.

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We essentially got outplayed

by a side sitting in 10th.

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I did say that the position didn't

do the black and yellows justice,

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and they were unlucky to lose.

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Two of three yellow cards

were from substitutes.

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Amed Hira being booked after

five minutes from coming on in.

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Leber six minutes.

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Three things.

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We learned the issue dormant.

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Number one, we are not a

defensively capable side as we

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were unable to throt their attacks.

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Better teams coming up will

destroy us by taking their chances.

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Number two.

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Without Chavy Simmons and maybe

a few others like Gian or Ben,

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but Chavy is the main one here.

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This team is a mid table side at best.

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Number three, Marco Rose's tactics

exposed defensively weak here.

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We didn't change formation or

anything when we were getting

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hammered in the final third.

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It wouldn't be a bad idea to change

formations during the games on the fly.

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Marco Rosa doesn't do this enough

and needs to add that to his game.

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Now for the detailed summary and recap,

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starting with player

watch players for RBL.

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It was at Tedium and Gomez.

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He was subbed on for Chavy Simmons in

the 81st minute, played nine minutes,

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just seven minutes more than his last

game against Fryberg Gomez had five

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touches, one shot on target, two outta two

accurate passes, one successful dribble.

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Won two of two grand

dues and was fouled once.

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Gomez had a rating of a 6.5

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according to the one football app, and I

would agree with that rating for Gomez.

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Didn't do anything really

in his nine minutes of play.

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BVB was Sir Gari.

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He played the full 90 minutes,

had 47 touches with an XG of 1.17

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and an XA of 1.08.

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For those that are unaware, XG

is a goals expected or expected

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goals, and XA is expected.

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Assists with his five total shots.

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Two on target, one off target, and two

shots blocked, missed two big chances.

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Had one dribble, which was

unsuccessful, made 20 of 29, passes

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at 69% accuracy with five key

passes including three big chances.

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Created, won two outta six grand

duals, and five of nine aerial duals.

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Lost possession 14 times.

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Committed one foul and

was fouled three times.

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Made two clearances and won in deception.

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Isn't that one a mouthful?

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One.

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Football gave him a rating of 7.1.

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However, I would rate Gari a 7.0

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due to his two missed chances,

his foul that he committed

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and his shots off Target.

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R BL avoided five Bundesliga matches

without a win for the first time ever

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with a goal and assist from Cha Simmons

proving crucial in Antonio Victory

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over British Dortmund at the Red Bull

Arena while inflicting a seventh league

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defeat of 2025 on Nico Kovas side.

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With both sides sitting on

their worst respective points.

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Tallies after 25 league matches since

20 14, 20 15, Goman at least had

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their midweek UF Champions League

success to provide a confidence boost.

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And Sir Gari tested Peter gci with

a low strike early on, but that only

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served to Ignite Le Zg who struck.

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The bar through Lewis app Penda.

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Before taking the lead on 18 minutes,

David Ram's powerful strike was pared

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into the path of Benjamin Sko, who

was fortunate to accidentally flick

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the ball back for Chavy Simmons to

per in from the center of the area.

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The host showed no signs of slowing

down after notching that opener and

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Marcel Saboa sustained an injury when

preventing Christopher Baumgartner shot.

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Before ride or Baku curl against the

crossbar, it looked as though Tand

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would be relieved to only go into

halftime, one goal down, but they

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could easily have equalized to win.

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Ka him at Yemi, cut inside and

had a low shot saved by Alci

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during first half stoppage time.

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But that hard work and any of Covax

words during the interval proved in vain.

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As Leipzig doubled the advantage just a

couple of minutes after the restart, Chavy

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lifted his corner over the crowd to app

Pender who sent a beautiful sight footed

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volley back across the goal and into the

far corner that finally woke the visitors

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from their slumber and at maximally

buyer embodied their determination

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to try and rescue a lost cause.

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Striking the woodwork twice in quick

succession before Yemi did the same.

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As his thunder strike was tipped

onto the crossbar by Galachy.

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Doorman's response after being pegged

back for a second time was admirable,

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but a multitude of chances when begging

thanks to Summit Wayward finishing.

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Ultimately, the visitors were unable

to get one back to despite racking up

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over two xg in the second half, and

they unfortunately slumped to defeat for

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the fourth time in six league matches

under Kovac for black and yellow fans.

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Although the victory is not enough to see

them ascend into the top four lab, six,

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a second winner from 10 league matches

in:

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level on points with an on track.

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Frankfurt.

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The best place for RBL were ride or Baku.

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Chris Chef Pam Gardner, who

won the most duals in the match

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with 10 or the OR Band Che Bbu.

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Benjamin Sesco heard the least touches

of any outfield play to play 90

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minutes, but got the assist setting up

Chavy for his goal with great vision.

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His total amount of touches was 32.

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Chubby Simmons, Louis Pender, and

the Man Under the Match for me, Peter

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gci, who made nine saves, one higher

claim, two punches, and 11 gold kicks.

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Best players for BVB were Maximilian

Bayer who hit the woodwork

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two times in five total shots.

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So Gari, who created the most

chances in the match with five

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Kerry 'em a Yemi and wold Anton.

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But what did you think of the game?

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Let me know in the comments section on

this episode on Spotify or across social

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media where this episode has been posted.

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Quick Suspension and injury list update.

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Xavier Schlager has been back in team

training since Tuesday and was back

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in the match day squad to face BVB.

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Yusef Parson was not able to feature

against doorman due to muscular problems.

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Antonio OSA is expected to be out until

the end of March with a knee injury.

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Benjamin Henricks Achilles tendon

rupture in his right foot has undergone

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successful surgery and is working

on his comeback in Leipzig Asana.

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Drago has suffered a muscle and

tendon injury in his left thigh and

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is also working towards a return.

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Now to preview the M Glad

Back game brochure Mission.

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Glad back.

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Host Di Rotten Bullen on Saturday

29th of March at 3:30 PM Central

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European time at CIA Park in M.

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Glad back.

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Glad Back will be without top score

and assist player Tim Kleist, who is

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suspended for a second yellow challenge

in the dying embers of their last

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Punes Liga fixture against Wea Breman.

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The Parisians will also be without

Jonas Olin their number one keeper.

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Moritz Nicholas with doubts

around Nicholas Swinder.

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A RBL will be without Benny Henriks

and as Drago with doubts around Yusef

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Parson and Antonio Osa who could make

the team sheet come Saturday week.

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Depending on how they are in

training, historically, RBL

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have been more successful when

these two meet, winning 58.82%

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of the time.

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We have 10 wins, four draws being

played out with Ian Mission.

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Glad back winning just

three times at the 17.65%.

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With their last win and coming as recent

as September of:

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the 2223 season, we're glad back won

comprehensively at home at three N.

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Both teams are quite even

when it comes to certain areas

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such as big chances per game.

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Glad back.

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2.7.

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interceptions.

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Glad back.

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RBL 9.0

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clearances.

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Glad back 28 to RBL.

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all averages close together where this

game will be won and lost is the creation

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of chances and accuracy in front of goal.

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As GLAD back only miss 1.5

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chances per game and RBL 1.6.

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This may seem minuscule, but when

your opposition have five shots

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on target per game to your 4.5

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it shows.

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Although GLAD Back currently

sit in seventh on 40 points.

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After 26 match days to our 42 points

in fifth, it shows glad back are more

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clinical and will take their chances.

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Plus, we have been pour away from

home this season, currently eighth.

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Best team away from home this season.

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Some interesting match facts leading into

this game are British and mission led

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back have conceded the most penalties

of this season with eight LED back have

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scored 10 goals in the last five matches.

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RBL have scored six goals

in their last five matches.

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RBO have kept a clean sheet in the

competition on 13 occasions, which

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is the most in the competition.

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RBL and glad Back have

never drawn in mission.

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Glad back and Mission Glad back.

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Have only ever beaten RBL in GLAD Back

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Play Watch for both sides will be.

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For British and Russian GLAD back PLE

as been with the Perian since:

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and has appeared over 229 times for

his club in the absence of Klein de.

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He's going to have to step up to score or

set up his teammates if his side are going

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to get some points when RBL comes to town.

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For RBL Ride or Baku since coming to RBL

from Wolfsburg in the winter Transfer

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window in January of this year, Baku has

already played in 12 Bundesliga games

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and has become a regular starter in

the place of the injured Benny Henriks

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yet to score a goal in the Bun Leaguer.

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Baku is close to scoring as we

are attacking down the right

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hand side more than the left.

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Look for his speed work rate and

crossing ability out on the right

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flank and for him to pop up.

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To maybe score his first

Bundesliga goal as a red Bull.

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What I'd like to see in this match

with lineup, we all know Marco

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Rosa will set up with a back three.

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So I'm going to go with my favorite 3 5

2 formation in a 3 4 1 2 formation with a

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roaming number 10 behind the two strikers.

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In goal, the Belgian Martine Vandervoort

replaces Peter gci, as I feel Martine

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Vandervoort needs to have more minutes.

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No knock on Peter Gal's.

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Most recent performances, a

back three of Ca Leba or the

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OR Band and Lucas Klosterman.

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From left to right and midfield, we

have David Ra, Amadou Hira, Nicholas

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Sal, and Right or Baku across the pitch.

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Also from left to right, Chavy Simmons

plays in the roaming Number 10 role.

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Able to free roam, set up players

and dribble wherever he likes in

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the attacking third of the pitch and

coming back centrally in defense.

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Able to spray passes out

wide to his left or right.

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To help start fast.

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Breaks up front we have the

strike partnership of Louis

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Pender and Benjamin Sesco.

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Four predictions.

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I think there will be goals

again in this one, and this game

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shows where we are currently at.

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Even though m Glad Back haven't done

well at home this season, there's still

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every chance to beat us if we don't have

full focus on Match Day A two one win

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for RBL with hopefully Ride Baku scoring

his first Bundesliga goal as a Red Bull.

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But what do you think

of the game coming up?

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Let me know in the comments

section on this episode on Spotify.

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Or across social media where

this episode has been posted.

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show too with the RBL talk segment.

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I will just say very quickly

before we start the submissions,

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if you have made it this far into

the episode, thank you very much.

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I do apologize if I sound a little

tired and some words haven't been

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said correctly, A little bit more

than normal as it is currently 5:05

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AM and as soon as this episode is

done, edited and it's going to be

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pushed for the RBL talk members.

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It's been a very hectic

week with work coming back.

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So I do apologize.

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We have five submissions today, two

from the RB fans Discord, and three

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from Instagram from the RB fans Discord.

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Rob three R seven O says it was again,

an interesting match with a strong first

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half, and of course a disastrous second.

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I couldn't understand that,

but it was an important win.

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So the momentum for this weekend achieved.

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Again, I agree with Robert

three R seven O here.

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It was definitely an interesting match

in a very strong first half, but that

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second half was disastrous, as you said.

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I.

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You say you couldn't understand it?

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I think it is just that inconsistency

that we've had under Marco Rosa.

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I'm not saying it's his fault

this time, and I'm not saying

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it's the player's fault.

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It's a conjoined effort from everybody.

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I don't know what exactly it was.

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I could probably say a few

things, but we don't wanna drag

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this episode out for too long.

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I do think, however, it was probably

just a sense of resting on our

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laurels, just thinking about.

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Job done.

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We are in front, take the foot off the

pedal a little bit, but then we sat

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back off Dortmund and we just let them

completely hammer a, which we were very

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lucky to actually get all three points.

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A draw would've actually been, when

you look at it in hindsight, the

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most fairest result as Dortmund

played very well in that second half.

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And Cyril says, were you against

us making chubby a deal permanent,

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or was it a matter of long-term

versus short-term problem solving?

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I generally don't know how we'd

fair without him as much as it's

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against Tand who've been outta form.

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I think we defended superbly.

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Like I was literally waiting for the

inevitable to happen, but somehow

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GCI pulled off a masterclass all

credit to him after we not so long

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ago, talked about dropping him.

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I pray he's more and more

consistent with these performances.

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I hope that after the international

break will have Noosa back.

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I've missed the guy, but I certainly

haven't particularly missed his WB days.

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So Sarah, a very big.

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Submission there, which is always

good to see and a very detailed one.

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So we'll break it down in parts.

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The first you say, were you against

us making Chevy's deal permanent

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was a matter of long term versus

short term problem solving.

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Well, for me, I was against making

his deal permanent, but that's because

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I expected us to pay 80 million

Euro to a hundred million Euro.

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And the way the club works is that we

buy a player and then we look at a return

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on investment and then we go sell them.

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And with his current

form, even in this season.

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But yes, okay, we paid a lot less.

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We paid 50 million Euro plus up to

80 million Euro full transfer fee.

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With bonuses, but I don't even think

he's gonna get to that 80 million euro.

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But even if he did, we'd be lucky to

get our return on investment there.

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Plus PSG have a sell on clause, so

they're gonna get money from it anyway.

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So we need to make sure that

that fee, when the time does

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come, is going to be higher.

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Now for me, I wanted all that money

to go around building more players

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into the squad 'cause we lack depth

and also rebuilding the squad as it's

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shown that we have just a couple of

good players all playing individually,

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not playing as part of a team.

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And this is some of the biggest

problems that we have at RB Leipzig.

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Now, this model has served us well so far,

including giving us a couple of trophies.

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But it's not something

sustainable for the future.

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We are on the decline and we're going

to end up being a mid table side

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probably sooner rather than later.

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Now, I'm hoping I have to in eat my words

here, but I can't see one Marco Rosa being

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the manager and getting success at RB lab.

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Zg, unless he's already got the

success, like the Super Cup and P Hale.

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I hope I'm wrong here, but Marco Rosa

is not the manager to give us any

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more success unless we look at the

long-term project and think, okay.

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We're not going to win anything.

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For a little while now,

we're still a young club.

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We're not going to always be competing

and winning everything against the

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likes of Bain, Levien and any other

clubs that get up there, but that

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is where we should be achieving for.

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We should be top four every season.

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We should be competing deep into these

competitions domestically every season.

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We may not win the Bunes leaguer, but

we need to start getting to that stage.

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This buying players for cheap,

selling them on later, after a couple

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of seasons, isn't going to help.

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You have lots of good individual

players, but they can't work together.

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There's no actual system out in the pitch.

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And these are some of the biggest problems

that I had when it came to the long

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term versus short term problem solving.

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Yeah, it's a little bit of that.

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It is all short term.

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It's not for the long term.

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I would've rather have had all.

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That money put aside into building

players, and I think that we need to start

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working on our academy players as well and

building them up and getting them into the

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squad as well, or at least getting players

that are going to be young and committed

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to the project and making history at

RBL iig for our first Punes Lega trophy,

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I do think that we defended

superbly, except in that second half.

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It absolutely fell

apart in the first half.

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We were spot on.

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And when you said that,

waiting for that inevitable.

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Yeah.

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I honestly thought Gia was gonna

let one through eventually, only

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because how many times he peppered,

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only because of how many times

Brucey Altman peppered him.

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That being said, he stood

up and he paid dividends.

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Now as you said, we've said that he

should have been dropping him now.

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I don't want to just drop him, so to

speak, but I do want squad rotation,

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which is why previously I said Martine

Vandervoort needs to go and go.

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It's no knock on Peter G's performances,

but we need to start looking at

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the future, not at the present.

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And yeah, I can't wait for Antonio

Newsa to come back, but I really hope he

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doesn't start playing Ring back again.

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Over on Instagram, Pia

h Fmr says, what a game.

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Finally, three points again.

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Yep.

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It was a really great game

to watch, end-to-end stuff.

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Quite enjoyed it during the live

stream and it was actually quite

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good for the neutral as well.

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That's why I was sort of hoping that

British Doman would at least come back

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and make it a little bit more interesting.

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But Peter Galcho was really gonna

keep that clean sheet that was

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never going to go away from him.

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Mari, T-H-I-E-M says the first

half was mega and the second

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half we were lucky and had Pete.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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I think we were lucky and we were

also lucky that we had Peter gci.

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He's been the wall for us for so long, but

he is starting to drop off just natural

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age and fatigue and a few other things,

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but he absolutely deserve all

his plaudits after that match.

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And RL nine, Louie fan says, great first

half, bad second half, but we have a wall.

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Yep, absolutely.

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If you're gonna sum it up in something

very short and sharp and shiny,

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great first half, bad second half.

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Simple as that.

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But we had a wall, and that wall was

bigger than the Great Wall of China.

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Sorry, that was supposed to be a pun.

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Supposed to be funny,

but it probably wasn't.

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But you get the idea.

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It was so big.

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Nothing could have gone over it.

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Nothing could go through it.

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Pete Achi just knows how to do his

thing when he is got his eye in and

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when he is not thinking about it

and he's just letting his reflexes

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and natural ability go, he's easily

one of the best goalkeepers in world

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football, pulling off amazing saves.

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Just where you think he's gonna get beat.

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He just pulls something

absolutely remarkable out.

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As always, I'd like to thank the

contributors for their contributions

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in this episode in RBL Talk, all

RBL talk members, and thank you

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listeners and grow the show.

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So until next time,

I've been Justin Crozer.

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Dedicated supporter since '09 from Adelaide, South Australia Justin has followed his football team from afar and has never looked back. Justin has an undying love for RB Leipzig, tactics and football as a whole. RBL talk is aimed to give everyone a voice around the globe and Justin's welcoming nature and professional delivery comes out across the podcast episodes released.

Timeline
'09 - '12: Justin first started out watching games of fans live streams during the games until RB Leipzig got promoted into the 3. Liga

'13 - '16: Justin watched his favourite club climb through the ranks including being promoted to the 2. Bundesliga in their very first season in 3. Liga in the 2013/2014 season.

'16 - '20: Justin watched the rise of RB Leipzig as the club came onto the domestic and world stage including the remarkable 67pts runner up season to Bayern Munich in our very first season in the Bundesliga the top flight division in German football. A fantastic but also dreaded feeling the emotions of football.

'20 - '24: Justin witnessed and felt first hand the highs and lows of football winning our first DFB Pokal trophies in '22 and '23 respectively but also getting beaten in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League and beaten in the 4-1 demolition job of the DFB Pokal final in 2021 which sparked creating the podcast.

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