Leipzig: the growing development of a “success story”

He RB Leipzigfirst rival of Atlético de Madrid in Champions Leagueis one of the most powerful teams in German football, in increasing development since it was founded fifteen years ago, and constitutes, in the words of the general director of German Football Federation, Andreas Rettig“a success story.”

The Austrian energy drink corporation’s interest in entering the world of football – it has already done so in Formula One– brought him a club in the eastern city of Germanyonce a monopoly of the historic East German Lokomotiv Leipzigand from that symbiosis was born the RB Leipzigwhose initials, strangely, are not mentioned Red Bullbut in the German term ‘RasenBallsport‘, which literally means ‘sports played on grass with a ball’ in Spanish.

And the truth is that the group showed that intention. Since it started in amateur football, with the fifth division as the first stop, the RB Leipzig He has risen like foam in the top ranks of German football, which took him only eight years to reach, and is positioning himself as one of the most interesting and attractive blokes in the German nation.

Hand in hand with powerful Central European investors, and with a clinical eye to spot young players with attractive virtues for the game, such as Dani Olmo, Konrad Laimer, Josko Gvardiol, Dominique Szoboszlai either Timo Wernerall of them are sold for astronomical amounts, the Leipzig there was a gap in the top teams of Germany and was runner-up to Bundesliga in two instances (the first of which was recently promoted), defeat both German Cups and reach the semifinals of Champions League.

Surely that achievement was achieved at the cost of Atlético de Madrid, when in the 2020 edition, the debate on Lisbon behind closed doors as a result of the pandemic, the team trained Julian Nagelsmanncurrent coach Germanysent those from Simeon in the quarterfinals. He Paris Saint-Germain of Neymar and Mbappe This will be their limit in the semifinals.

And the same success he had in recruiting emerging projects like footballers was the same in hiring coaches of the same condition, like himself. Nagelsmanntransferred to Bayern Munich for 20 million euros – the most expensive coach in history -; the Italian-German Domenico Tedescocurrent coach and coach of Belgium in the first title of Leipzig -the 2022 Cup-; or the current tenant of the bank, Marco Rose -grandson of the German international player-.

Sponsored by the great patriarch of the new German football, the veteran and fireproof Ralf Rangnickcoach and sports director during the boom of the energy drink club, they all respond to a profile with bold proposals, with a preference for an offensive game and with combinations between players with high talent in terms of skill and talent.

These are the current ones Xavi Simons, Baumgartner, Openda either Šeškowhich can lead to many problems for the opponents, as they showed before the break of the national team in Leverkusen, when they buried the impressive unbeaten streak of the current champion of Bundesliga.

A goalless draw at home against Union Berlin Last Saturday he interrupted his successful march in the competition at this start, where he was third with seven points – two behind the leader. Bayern Munich-.

However, since that month of August four years ago, Leipzig has not been among the final contenders for the top continental competition. In their last four appearances they have not gone beyond the round of 16 and their final executioner is the red and white’s great rivals, real Madridwhere he succumbed to controversy including last year. Now they are looking to take another step in their development and the Metropolitan This is your first test.