RB Leipzig waking up as the rest of the Bundesliga falls asleep
Saturday afternoon s games in the Bundesliga were a difficult watch, especially for Borussia Mönchengladbach fans. But while the rest of the league falls asleep, Alexander Sörloth and RB Leipzig may be waking up.
Christopher Nkunku and RB Leipzig were the big winners on an otherwise sleepy Saturday afternoon
A quick sequence of events in the second half of the game between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen summed up a tired Saturday afternoon of Bundesliga football.
First, Gladbach s Valentino Lazaro attempted to propel himself into the air to execute a bicycle kick, but got his timing all wrong, missed the ball and collapsed in a heap. The ball then fell to his teammate Marcus Thuram, who was scythed down by a late challenge from Leverkusen s Jeremie Frimpong. Penalty.
Leipzig see off Wolfsburg to reach German Cup semis Berlin (AFP) – Yussuf Poulsen and Hwang Hee-chan netted second-half goals as RB Leipzig beat Wolfsburg 2-0 in Wednesday’s German Cup quarter-final in a tense battle between the in-form Bundesliga sides.
After Poulsen opened the scoring, South Korea striker Hwang came off the bench to hit a late second goal and seal a semi-final berth alongside Borussia Dortmund and second-tier Holstein Kiel.
The other quarter-final tie was postponed Tuesday as second-tier club Jahn Regensburg went into quarantine after a Covid-19 outbreak before their home tie against Werder Bremen.
Hosts Leipzig, who are second in the Bundesliga, shaded visitors Wolfsburg who are one place below them in the league table.
Yussuf Poulsen scored as Leipzig reached the semifinals of the German Cup with a 2-0 win Wednesday over a Wolfsburg team which hadn't conceded a goal for eight games.
German Cup: RB Leipzig dreaming of Berlin after seeing off Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig s dreams of winning a first major trophy are still alive as they reached the semi-finals of the German Cup. In the evening s other semi-final, Bayern Munich s conquerors Holstein Kiel saw off Rot-Weiss Essen.
Yussuf Poulsen s strike for RB Leipzig was the first goal Wolfsburg had conceded in 999 minutes of football.
RB Leipzig 2-0 VfL Wolfsburg,
Red Bull Arena
(Poulsen 63 , Hwang 88 )
The road to Berlin doesn t have too much further to run. RB Leipzig are into their second German Cup semi-final in their short history, brushing aside Wolfsburg on Wednesday night courtesy of two second half goals.
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