After RB Leipzig’s victory against Atlético Madrid (2-1) in the quarter-final of the Champions League on Thursday night, German club coach Julian Nagelsmann tackled the upcoming semi-final against PSG by delivering a first tactical clue to set up against the Parisian club.
Winner of Atlético Madrid (2-1) in the last moments of the match on Thursday evening, RB Leipzig will meet PSG in the semi-finals of the Champions League next Tuesday August 18 at 9 p.m. at the Luz stadium in Lisbon (Portugal). A first unprecedented confrontation between the Parisian club and the German formation, totally new to this stage of the competition. Like Dayot Upamecano, Red Bull franchise coach Julian Nagelsmann spoke at the microphone of RMC Sport this upcoming European meeting facing Neymar’s partners.
“It won’t be an easy match, admits the coach of only 33 years, the youngest coach to reach this stage of the table in the Champions League. I saw PSG / Atalanta, and for a while I was happy it wasn’t PSG. They are a world class team. It won’t be easy but we defended well today, Upamecano did it very well ”.
“We can’t defend alone on these guys”
After explaining that his team “Will have opportunities”Nagelsmann insisted on a key point according to him: “We will have to be very quick in the defensive sector. But we saw today that Upamecano was very fast, he defended very well. There will be situations … you can’t defend alone on these guys. We saw it with Atalanta who tried to cover them one on one. There are a lot of stars in this team. It will not be easy but we will try to reach the final ”. The idea of individual marking therefore seems remote in Nagelsmann’s head and RB Leizpig now has five days to prepare for their shock against PSG.
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