Augsburg. Timo Werner showed his coolness twice in front of the goal – but after the last appearance in the Bundesliga, the striker became emotional. With a final double pack and a Jupp Heynckes record, the most dangerous German striker left the Bundesliga in the direction of England. “The whole thing has an end, but you can go when it’s most beautiful, and that’s always the best way to end it,” summed up RB Leipzig’s guarantee of success after the 2-1 (1-0) win at FC Augsburg, which the Saxons Third place in the table and the Champions League qualification fixed. He could soon face Leipzig with Chelsea as an opponent.
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CLICK: The pictures of the game
RB Leipzig secures itself with a 2-1 win at Fc Augsburg third place in the table. Timo Werner scored both goals in his last game.
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When Werner was replaced after his second goal, he hugged coach Julian Nagelsmann and all the supervisors on the substitute bench. “Of course it was close to him,” said the coach. The 24-year-old soccer player has “the heart in the right place” as a person.
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Nagelsmann made no attempt to minimize the sporting loss of his best striker. “The fact that he leaves a big gap as a player is self-explanatory when you see and read the statistics,” he said. Werner’s numbers are impressive: in the Bundesliga, the native of Stuttgart scored a total of 91 goals, almost a third of which he reached Leipzig last year. Incidentally, his 28 goals would have been enough for the goalscoring cannon 34 times in the past 40 seasons of the German Belétage – but this time Bavaria’s Robert Lewandowski (34) was better again.
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CLICK: Timo Werner at RB Leipzig
2016 July: Werner training (@GEPA Pictures)
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A record was not caught by the almost unstoppable Pole this season, but Werner. With goals in Augsburg in the 27th and 80th minute, he marked 17 away goals in a year – so far only world champion Heynckes 1973/74 had succeeded, according to league information. “A fitting end to his successful era at RB Leipzig,” said storm partner Emil Forsberg about Werner’s appearance.
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With 95 goals, Werner became Leipzig’s record goal scorer. In addition, since Mario Gomez in the 2010/11 season, no German player in the Bundesliga had scored 28 or more goals.
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CLICK THROUGH: The RB-Elf in Augsburg in single criticism
(28) Yvon Mvogo: as of 2017 in the 0-1 loss in Augsburg in the gate. This time rarely to never asked and safety radiates. With 1: 1 without a chance. Note 3.
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In the last ghost game of this unique season, the German international had shown his class again – also in comparison to the former RB success guarantor Forsberg. After the Swede had a big chance alone in front of the Augsburg gate, Werner did better and overcame keeper Tomas Koubek cool. Shortly before the end, he countered the equalization of the Swabians by Ruben Vargas (72nd) and thus ensured a personal happy ending. “World class” opponent Rani Khedira found the form and development of Werner.
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Now the lightning-fast striker wants to get even better. “Of course it’s hard to give up an oasis of wellbeing like the one I’ve had in Leipzig for years, but you can only get ahead in a career if you take the next step,” he said.
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Still coach Nagelsmann evaluated Werner’s decision as “completely normal and understandable. I’m not angry with him just because he chose a different coach and a different club. “He believes his model pupil will be able to do the adventure on the island:” I wish him all the best for London and hope that he will be there in four years has statistics similar to those here. “
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