DThe commitment of the new head of sport Max Eberl is faltering, but in the DFB Cup, RB Leipzig, led by Timo Werner, easily made it into the second round. As expected, the defending champion defeated the fourth division club Teutonia Ottensen 8-0 (4-0) on Tuesday. “We played fast, we played absolutely seriously. That’s important,” emphasized coach Domenico Tedesco on the ZDF microphone after the game.
Werner (19th minute/20th/43rd), André Silva (41st/53rd), Emil Forsberg (56th), Christopher Nkunku (77th) and Dani Olmo (90th) scored in front of 13,084 fans in the Leipzig stadium. . But the dominant issue was once again Eberl’s desired commitment. And it becomes more specific.
obligation of Eberl
RB managing director Oliver Mintzlaff confirmed on Tuesday that he had already approached Eberl’s club Borussia Mönchengladbach. “Yes, we are interested in Max Eberl and yes, we have had initial talks. On the other hand, what is reported completely incorrectly is that there is already an agreement and a starting date. Of course we informed Gladbach about our interest, nothing more and nothing less has happened so far,” said the 47-year-old of the “image”.
Gladbach announced that the talks had so far been “unproductive”. Eberl’s contract is suspended, but the manager is tied to the traditional club from the Lower Rhine until 2026.
Second Leipzig series
It can almost be ruled out that Eberl will then fail in Leipzig’s second cup game on 18/19. October already has the sporting say. Mintzlaff would like this, but according to media reports, Eberl is more likely to start around the turn of the year. First of all, an agreement has to be reached with Gladbach about a fee.
If Eberl watched the game against Ottensen on TV, he mainly saw the second row in the Leipzig team. Coach Domenico Tedesco made six changes to the starting XI compared to the first win of the season against Wolfsburg.
Ottensen only had a few chances from the start, but in the end his strength waned.
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That didn’t inhibit the flow of the game, but Ottensen was simply too inferior. Silva’s (8th) header against the post was still a warning, then Werner basically made the decision with two goals within a minute. That broke the initial euphoria, said Ottensen’s coach David Bergner: “The result sounds very, very high.”
National striker Werner prepared Silva’s third goal before he scored the break himself. “He’s well on the way to getting in very good form,” said Tedesco.
After the change, Silva raised, then Forsberg hit a heel – before Tedesco made four changes and switched from a three-man to a four-man defense. Leipzig got bogged down a little too often in the beautiful game, substitute Nkunku scored after a long period without a real chance before Olmo was also successful. “You win 8-0 and don’t really get any compliments for it,” said Werner. But the game can only help them.
