RB Leipzig has to do without Konrad Laimer in the first competitive game of the season. The Austrian national soccer player still has knee pain.
Leipzig – RB Leipzig must in the first competitive game of the season Konrad Laimer (23) waive. The Austrian national soccer player still has pain in his knee and will be canceled on Saturday (3:30 p.m.) in the first round match of the DFB Cup at the second division club 1. FC Nürnberg.
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Konrad Laimer (23) still suffers from knee pain. © Carmen Jaspersen / dpa
“It’s not an extremely serious injury, but the pain is still there,” said RB coach Julian Nagelsmann on Thursday.
The use of newcomer Benjamin Henrichs is also open. The international had trained little in preparation and was mostly injured. “He’s only been back on the road for a week and a half, but he’s doing well,” emphasized the RB coach.
A use at the Saxon Bundesliga club is probably still too early, but it is not excluded. “I don’t want to shimmy from pain picture to pain picture, it has to be stable,” said Nagelsmann. In contrast, newcomer Hee-chan Hwang is pushing into the starting line-up.
“He was very, very good just last week. He’s a player who is disgusting to defend. He’s not the type of player who will score 35 goals, but one who hurts the opponent a lot with his speed, with his low center of gravity . It is a massive package, “Nagelsmann praised the South Korean.
In addition to the long-term injured Ibrahima Konaté, the new Spanish goalkeeper Josep Martínez, who has to serve a suspension, will also be out.
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The first duel with his former assistant coach Robert Klauss looks at Nagelsmann calmly. “Preparing for the game will be easier for Robert than it is for me, because he knows almost everything about us. I have the better team for that and thus make up for it,” said Nagelsmann, who is expecting the club with a “great spirit of optimism”: “They will be totally borderline-wise. “
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