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Speaker: Good day.
Speaker: Today our episode has some background noises because Richard is on a train and he's traveling from West Germany to Leipzig.
Speaker: You will also hear how he is pretty much schooled by a train attendant in a Germanic way.
Speaker: And of course, we're going to be looking at our last match at home versus Werder Bremen.
Speaker: And we'll explain to you why we're not so optimistic about our trip to Frankfurt.
Speaker: Hope you enjoyed.
Speaker: Thank you for listening.
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Speaker: What the devil are you and how are you?
Speaker: Good evening, Mario.
Speaker: Yes, indeed, I am on board.
Speaker: I am on board the ICE 274, now somewhere in the middle of nowhere between Frankfurt and Fulda.
Speaker: This is my...
Speaker: first ever podcasting out of a train maybe maybe i'm the very first ever did this um so yeah hopefully the wi-fi is stable enough to do this little show and i'm i'm looking forward podcasting and traveling with deutsche ban hey cool thank you for traveling with deutsche ban and thank you very much for podcasting oh there's an announcement richard please proceed to the information counter
Speaker: Yeah, she just announces the next stop.
Speaker: It's Fulda Main Station.
Speaker: If you're ever thinking about traveling to Germany, don't miss Fulda.
Speaker: It's like Kassel.
Speaker: It's also unmissable.
Speaker: Anyways, what are we going to talk about today?
Speaker: Just two topics, isn't it?
Speaker: Yeah, two topics.
Speaker: Basically, looking backwards to our last marvelous match versus Werder Bremen.
Speaker: One-on-all draw.
Speaker: And of course, we're looking forward to the next and very last match of the season.
Speaker: The away game at the Frankfurt Eintracht.
Speaker: Pimble City, here we come.
Speaker: Well, thank you very much, Richard.
Speaker: Let's do this.
Speaker: Let's look at Saturday's match.
Speaker: Well, let's revisit what happened on Saturday.
Speaker: Let's talk about the match a little bit and look at some of the key takeaways from that in our last home match before the end of the season.
Speaker: And I would like to explain why Benny Henricks gave it a two thumbs up.
Speaker: And I would definitely like to point out a fan's reaction from Werder Bremen, who posted something on Twitter, which was quite remarkable.
Speaker: So if you look at the conditions before the match, well, RB Leipzig got qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
Speaker: So it kind of took out some of the suspense and the, well, the pressure to actually get three points.
Speaker: It was very unlikely that RB Leipzig would finish in third place because the night before VB Stuttgart had secured three points.
Speaker: And they actually got 70 points in this season, so well done to them.
Speaker: So we couldn't catch them anyway.
Speaker: And it was very unlikely that Bayern Munich would actually drop any points in their next match.
Speaker: So kind of stuck in fourth place unless we lose.
Speaker: And if we lose, if we were to lose and Borussia Dortmund were to win, they would have caught up with us.
Speaker: So...
Speaker: But at the end of the day, to be honest, my gut feeling, my feeling was, well, it's kind of irrelevant where we actually finish up in this season as long as we qualified for the UEFA Champions League, which we did.
Speaker: And I was just up for watching an entertaining match and we had a sold out crowd.
Speaker: This was really excellent.
Speaker: Also, Sector D felt very full, very busy.
Speaker: We didn't have any gaps, I think, just very few gaps.
Speaker: Who knows where these people were, but it felt quite busy in our section at Sector D, which is renowned for it.
Speaker: displaying the letters RBL because a lot of people are missing.
Speaker: But not this time.
Speaker: Werder Bremer supporters were around.
Speaker: I think they came out in full force, took up all the tickets that they could get.
Speaker: Plus, a lot of people were dotted around in SV Werder green shirts and they didn't have anything to fear because that kind of people were quite friendly and they behaved as well.
Speaker: people with kids and families as well also of Werder Brehm supporters and the ones who were there of the active scene and making noise made a lot of noise quite nice atmosphere I must say it was not aggressive and we do appreciate that but
Speaker: Looking at the team and how the team would actually be on the pitch, I know Richard, when he predicted the starting XI, he talked about that as well.
Speaker: We knew there would be quite a few changes with Xavi being on a double yellow, being suspended, and also Zavarschlager being out.
Speaker: Well, really, really severely injured.
Speaker: He won't be back until November, December.
Speaker: He's going to miss the Euros, which is really such a shame.
Speaker: And there was a lovely gesture during warm up of all the players.
Speaker: They were wearing a number 24 shirt.
Speaker: displaying a slogan i don't know if i see exact slogan but coming back stronger so everybody wore number 24 and we all wish savaschlager a speedy recovery our thoughts were with him and hopefully he will come back stronger but it's going to take quite a lot of time
Speaker: And unfortunately there were more changes to the well-oiled machine.
Speaker: It was kind of falling apart, to be honest.
Speaker: With David Raum not being available, Danny Olmo not being available.
Speaker: But, you know, wouldn't that increase chances of Elgif Elmas finally to appear on the starting XI?
Speaker: No, because Baumgartner wouldn't move, wouldn't budge, still part of the starting XI.
Speaker: And Szeszko wasn't Weber either.
Speaker: He wasn't 100% match fit, so Paulsen would start.
Speaker: Also, small surprise, Klosterman appeared in the starting XI.
Speaker: And I must say, he had a really solid performance, so he's extremely reliable.
Speaker: Well done to him.
Speaker: The atmosphere in the stadium was a bit party-like.
Speaker: It was warm, the sun was shining, and there was a motto that everybody should appear in the stadium wearing white shirts.
Speaker: So a lot of people did follow that, and the stadium appeared to be quite white.
Speaker: People in white shirts.
Speaker: So the mood was relaxed and everybody was ready to see a good match of football.
Speaker: And to be fair, it started quite lively.
Speaker: And my impression was during the first seven minutes, you know, this team, which never played like this before in that constellation, were the more active team, created a little few more chances.
Speaker: They were the slightly better team, but
Speaker: After seven minutes, I think Werder Bremen took over.
Speaker: Not that they were really dangerous, not that I thought they would score all the time.
Speaker: It's a similar feeling like when I watched TSG Hoffenheim, but maybe this is because it's the last stage of the season and I'm really getting end of season vibes.
Speaker: But you could clearly see that RB Leipzig without Schlager and Haidara in midfield, without the creativity of Xavi and Olmo is definitely weaker, less creative.
Speaker: We were missing the crosses from David Raum.
Speaker: Didn't think last year I would actually say that, but we were definitely missing those.
Speaker: And Openda seemed to be quite lost.
Speaker: Goldpenda seemed to be quite lost, not as effective as...
Speaker: as we thought he could be.
Speaker: So it felt as if we were observing an RB Leipzig team at the beginning of the season who still had to find their ways of playing together.
Speaker: And at some point, you know, everything would fall into place and RB Leipzig would be a well-oiled machine.
Speaker: It was nothing like that.
Speaker: unfortunately very disappointing performance by paulson i know he was fighting but somehow i didn't have much much luck and in the first half i'm sorry nicolas say what was bad i'm sorry it wasn't really good at all it was
Speaker: It was such a shame to see that.
Speaker: And of all, it all accumulated when he scored an own goal in the 34th minute.
Speaker: So it's not even the fact that SV Werder Brehm scored a goal.
Speaker: No, Seywald hit the ball home into the net.
Speaker: Gulashi couldn't do anything about it.
Speaker: Defense-wise, I think we were pretty solid.
Speaker: It was a good performance, like you could expect it.
Speaker: But at the end of the day, in the first half, Werder Bremen was definitely, definitely the better team.
Speaker: RB Leipzig was missing creativity, cohesion as Richard.
Speaker: You're going to say cohesion was missing.
Speaker: There was no cohesion, really.
Speaker: Plus, you know, and maybe I'm biased, referee Stegemann, who we know from famous...
Speaker: matches like the cup tie, the final in 2022 versus Wolfsburg doesn't seem to like RB Leipzig.
Speaker: So from a fans point of view from the stands, probably not very objective.
Speaker: There were a lot of questionable decisions against RB Leipzig, but maybe the experts going to tell us that Stegemann did just fine.
Speaker: So when the first half was finally completed,
Speaker: RB Leipzig, I think, lacked quite a bit of energy.
Speaker: There were boos, not the drinks, but people were booing and whistling.
Speaker: And it is not known, was it towards the performance of the referee or because the team was just lacking so much...
Speaker: Entertainment, success, creativity.
Speaker: I know we were spoiled two weeks prior to that when we played Borussia Dortmund.
Speaker: But this one was a bit hard to watch.
Speaker: I'm so sorry.
Speaker: During halftime, I noticed that Szczesko was warming up.
Speaker: So I really expected him to replace Poulsen, which he did.
Speaker: Second half started and it was better.
Speaker: More energy from the RB Leipzig team, more intent, more chances created.
Speaker: It was definitely more entertaining, definitely more creative, definitely more dangerous, definitely asking more questions.
Speaker: Still, Werder Bremen remained...
Speaker: dangerous on the counter-attack or created chances themselves so the whole match i think for neutral from a neutral perspective did improve and it also improved on rb leipzig's performance now in the 61st minute shesko equalized and that was after a nice cross and assist from nicolas seiwald who improved in the second half as well
Speaker: Let's go!
Speaker: Let's go!
Speaker: Let's go!
Speaker: So I got a bit carried away, I must say.
Speaker: I really celebrated that goal and I told my neighbor, because I got 5-5 Stuttgart vibes, you know.
Speaker: They came back from a 1-0 deficit as well during that match in the first half.
Speaker: Remember, finished beating Stuttgart 5-1, unleashing a lot of power, immense amount of power.
Speaker: And I kind of suspected that that could happen as well.
Speaker: Did get carried away and told my seat neighbor, hey, they're going to be four more.
Speaker: Well, it kind of felt like that the first couple of minutes, but then it kind of fizzled out.
Speaker: It was better, yes, but it didn't seem as if RB Leipzig would win.
Speaker: Nevertheless, RB Leipzig could have won it.
Speaker: They created a few more chances as well.
Speaker: And finally also Elmas was coming on the pitch in the 64th minute for Baumgartner.
Speaker: And he had a pretty good game.
Speaker: I think he's a very nice player.
Speaker: He can contribute a lot to the game.
Speaker: He needs more minutes.
Speaker: He needs to play a lot more often.
Speaker: And sometimes I felt that players would forget about him because Elmas was working hard to get them in good positions and to be available and made himself available.
Speaker: But people didn't pass the ball to him.
Speaker: So in that sense, it was kind of unlucky.
Speaker: Yeah.
Speaker: You could feel, you could sense that he really wants to perform, he really wants to shine and he can contribute so much more.
Speaker: And you never know, maybe he's going to get more of a key role next season when certain players may not be with RB Leipzig anymore.
Speaker: But all in all, much better, yes.
Speaker: But Marco Rose said after the match that the first half wasn't great.
Speaker: And he acknowledges that in the second half was more the style that they want to play.
Speaker: And he was okay with the energy that the team showed.
Speaker: From the stances felt like, okay, there was quite a bit of energy at the beginning at the second half and maybe towards the middle.
Speaker: But then it wasn't just enough.
Speaker: It didn't feel as if RB Leipzig really wanted to win this.
Speaker: And I know I refer to the first home match versus VfB Stuttgart.
Speaker: RB Leipzig really wanted to win this and the key moment in that game was when Benny Henrichs nicked the ball and put it into the net from Nübe, just kind of forcing it in.
Speaker: We didn't have those moments over here.
Speaker: It was fine, we could have won it, but on the other hand, the last two clear chances were there for Werder Bremen and Gulashi had to come up with a great save.
Speaker: So I also feel that S for Werder Bremen could have won it and that's how they felt because when the final whistle was blown, they were really depressed.
Speaker: They were devastated that they didn't win the game because they felt that they could have won it.
Speaker: So let's have a look at some key takeaways and some observations.
Speaker: Definitely the show that we enjoyed a couple of weeks ago of a well-oiled machine with everything falling into place versus Borussia Dortmund.
Speaker: Well, that well-oiled machine is kind of dismantled.
Speaker: And especially if key players are missing like the ones we missed during the Werder Bremen match.
Speaker: And in German we are saying that the second suit doesn't fit.
Speaker: We are not as strong without Olmo Xavi, with the creativity of them.
Speaker: We are not as strong without the constant crosses of Raum.
Speaker: I know they got my nerves kind of last season because they weren't as successful and effective, but this season much, much better.
Speaker: And on Saturday, we could observe what happens if we don't have them.
Speaker: Defense-wise, I think we were solid.
Speaker: We were good.
Speaker: Simakon, Henricks were fine.
Speaker: Urban, the boss, almost without any fault.
Speaker: Gulashi, a very secure goalie.
Speaker: So defense-wise, it wasn't so much the issue.
Speaker: It was more midfield and a little harmless attack until Szczesko came on.
Speaker: And one thing I noticed is number five, Mr. Bichy Abu, he came onto the pitch in the, well, 77 minutes.
Speaker: So he got 13 plus minutes of playtime.
Speaker: And I noticed we're not used to his last name.
Speaker: So when Tim Turker announced his arrival, we were kind of unsure how to pronounce his last name.
Speaker: So Marco Rosa, I think he needs to play more often because otherwise we would never learn his name.
Speaker: But when I kind of served him when he was playing and number five, he's tall, he's a guy who really reminds me of Upamecano.
Speaker: And he had some decent scenes where he stopped some attacks of Werder Bremen in a very nice style, very solid.
Speaker: So I think in the future,
Speaker: Hopefully he can feature more on our team.
Speaker: I hope we don't put him on a, we don't loan him out.
Speaker: He belongs into our team and he needs to develop and next season could be a good step for him.
Speaker: But I'm not the expert.
Speaker: As remember, I thought we win this game 4-1 after we scored the equalizer.
Speaker: So what do I know?
Speaker: Another thing that I noticed and as I mentioned before, Klosterman with a very solid performance, really reliable so that was good to see and the mood after the match from the stands was quite somber.
Speaker: Sector D is behind one of the goals so that's like I mentioned before, Klosterman's EUA supporter section and
Speaker: opposite of the B sector, that's the home supporters crowd, to create all the atmospheric noise.
Speaker: And usually the team just after match, they make their way around.
Speaker: So this time as well, they slowly approached the sector D and stood in front of sector D, a group of players and everybody was applauding.
Speaker: It seemed, everything seemed to be quite polite.
Speaker: But we were missing the usual chance and the usual party type celebrations.
Speaker: Not this time, because I think the first impressions of the match, they were still too fresh and it was kind of mediocre.
Speaker: It wasn't a great match.
Speaker: It wasn't like two weeks ago when we played Dortmund, where it just carried away all of us.
Speaker: Now this time we acknowledged as fans from the stands, we really acknowledged that the team played.
Speaker: and got an equalizer but nothing more nothing less but it was a bit uneasy because they didn't want to move on they just remained there the group remained there and continued clapping their hands so i don't know i decided to stick a thumb out and show them one thumb up thumb up and uh benny hannes gave us a two thumbs up so he beat me there as well
Speaker: And then they finally moved on.
Speaker: But I think the mutual feeling amongst the fans is also, there is a feeling of gratitude because it was a season with a lot of challenges, a lot of changes.
Speaker: Quite a few long-term injuries as well, if you think of Almo.
Speaker: That's kind of to be expected.
Speaker: And Willi Orban as well.
Speaker: Now Xaver Schlager will be out for quite a while.
Speaker: Some key players who weren't available for quite a while.
Speaker: Plus a transition of a lot of new players and players who left the club in the winter.
Speaker: But we're going to get into that deeper now of a review, post-season analysis next week.
Speaker: But that was kind of the feeling as well.
Speaker: It was gratitude for a good outcome, i.e.
Speaker: the qualification for the Champions League.
Speaker: There's one more thing I like to mention, and that is a tweet by a Bremen supporter.
Speaker: His name is ulobspapa.de, and it looks like that he was actually attending this game with his small children.
Speaker: And he acknowledges that...
Speaker: It is not a problem to go to an away game at Leipzig, at RB Leipzig, with your small children, because everything is relaxed.
Speaker: There's no aggression.
Speaker: There are no problems.
Speaker: And he does point out that he's never going to sympathize with RB Leipzig.
Speaker: He's never going to be a fan of this club.
Speaker: But he thinks attending matches as an away supporter, even with your small children, your family, should be as safe and relaxing as it is in Leipzig.
Speaker: So it should be like that in every football stadium in Germany, at every match state.
Speaker: So one more thing I would like to mention.
Speaker: Finally, it was my last appearance in Sector D with a season ticket.
Speaker: I might sneak in there once in a while next season.
Speaker: You never know.
Speaker: And I must admit, because I said goodbye two weeks ago during the Dortmund match, I didn't feel as kind of sad as I did two weeks ago.
Speaker: It was fine.
Speaker: It was crowded.
Speaker: And I think there were a lot of people who were there for the last time and said goodbye to their own seats.
Speaker: Some of them shared their pics and some videos as well.
Speaker: It was nice to be there.
Speaker: I'm looking forward to sitting in a new section under the roof on the side of or kind of slightly above the sector B, the fans.
Speaker: So that should enable us to give us some nice audio clips.
Speaker: But I'm going to be further away.
Speaker: So that's going to be a change.
Speaker: But nevertheless, it'll be my 10th season as a season ticket holder.
Speaker: So truly looking forward to that.
Speaker: So this concludes our review of the match versus SV Werder Bremen.
Speaker: Let's move on to our final match of the season.
Speaker: RB Leipzig is traveling to where, Richard?
Speaker: Introducing our next opponent.
Speaker: We are traveling to Frankfurt.
Speaker: Frankfurt am Main.
Speaker: Yeah, there's a difference.
Speaker: Yeah, you know, there's another Frankfurter in Germany.
Speaker: It's Frankfurt an der Oder.
Speaker: But this is somewhere totally else.
Speaker: And no one ever wants to move or live there.
Speaker: Almost Poland.
Speaker: Almost Poland, yeah.
Speaker: If you don't push the brakes hard enough, you're in Poland.
Speaker: That's it.
Speaker: So yeah, we'll have to turn to Frankfurt looking for a win there.
Speaker: But Frankfurt recently are more than mediocre.
Speaker: And I'm really wondering how they managed to still rank sixth in the league.
Speaker: Imagine they only got one win out of the last eight games, six points total.
Speaker: Sorry to interrupt you, Richard.
Speaker: But you know, they qualified for European football.
Speaker: I think they're definitely going to be in the Europa League next year, next season.
Speaker: At least.
Speaker: And if Borussia Dortmund manages to win the Champions League, they're actually going to move up to Champions League football as well.
Speaker: So there's not so much on the line for them, is there?
Speaker: Well, they could lose their sixth position.
Speaker: Imagine we are winning there with, let's say, two or three goal difference and Hoffenheim is going to beat Bayern their own way.
Speaker: Then they will exchange places in the very last match of the season and Frankfurt could finish the season in seventh position and that means no.
Speaker: potential way for Champions League and I think they would have to go for an extra qualifying round for the participation of the Europa League.
Speaker: You're actually right.
Speaker: But one point would be enough for them to qualify for at least Europa League football.
Speaker: But you're right.
Speaker: Just looked at the table.
Speaker: Look down a little bit further.
Speaker: I'm just such a snob.
Speaker: I would like to come back to my point when I say they only managed to gain six points out of the last eight games and still are very likely participants of next season European football.
Speaker: And this shouldn't be the case.
Speaker: Come on.
Speaker: This league should be more balanced.
Speaker: There should be more battling for the European spots so that you cannot afford
Speaker: to go through such a lousy part of the season in a decisive moment of the season and still be in top six or top seven.
Speaker: That tells me at least a lot about the league and I hope that this will change over the next seasons.
Speaker: We talked about the polarized league and I do hope that this polarization will shrink a little in the upcoming seasons.
Speaker: Yeah, I mean, Dortmund in fifth place is 14 points ahead.
Speaker: That is quite a lot.
Speaker: And it is quite extraordinary how split the whole league is.
Speaker: But I do remember back in January, we hosted Eintracht Frankfurt.
Speaker: Both of us were actually in the stands and we watched the game.
Speaker: Frankfurt went ahead quite early, but we felt we had loads of time to at least get one point out of this and even win this game.
Speaker: And I remember RB Leipzig had countless chances.
Speaker: But it was the end of the transfer window in the winter, and I thought the sports director Koschei put together some really interesting additions.
Speaker: From your point of view, how did the team actually do in the Rückrunde?
Speaker: Is it as promising as we thought, or is it as sort of mediocre as in the Hinrunde?
Speaker: They did an Lyons addition, number 11, Hugo Nürnberg.
Speaker: I think it's the only Bundesliga player that's name can be read backwards and forwards and it's the same.
Speaker: Did you notice that?
Speaker: You and your funny things.
Speaker: That's whatever.
Speaker: You know, he came with a lot of... Don't call him Otto.
Speaker: He joined Frankfurt with a lot of, you know, a lot of lag.
Speaker: And there was a huge gap in fitness-wise because he didn't play a lot at PSG.
Speaker: And I think he had an injury just before he joined Frankfurt.
Speaker: And then it took a little while.
Speaker: until he managed to get into this team.
Speaker: And now it seems that he is way ahead of his teammates.
Speaker: So he has scored three goals in the last four games and one assist too.
Speaker: And the Eintracht Frankfurt took the opportunity to go for a permanent transfer.
Speaker: He came on loan initially and they had the option to go for a permanent transfer.
Speaker: And so they did.
Speaker: And they paid, I think it was 3.5 million for the fee, for the loan fee, plus an addition of 16.5 million to sign him permanently.
Speaker: And in my opinion, this was a very, very, very good decision.
Speaker: Very...
Speaker: you know economically wise decision because i think he has the potential to be the next colomiani uh who came from pc as well i think no he joined pc but he came somewhere from somewhere else but he came out of nowhere and then surprised everyone and if if hugo ekiteki is able to maintain his form
Speaker: through the summer and is able to show us what he showed us in the last games in the next season, then this is going to be a huge improvement for the whole Frankfurt squad and a nice addition for the league as well.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: And I must agree.
Speaker: I noticed him as well in the last couple of games.
Speaker: And he's probably going to be on fire in his last game at home versus RB Leipzig.
Speaker: What about the other players?
Speaker: Some of the additions in the winter and some of the players who actually joined Eintracht Frankfurt at the beginning of the season.
Speaker: What do you think how they developed over the course of the season?
Speaker: Well, to be honest, I'm not quite sure what the key additions were before the start of the season because I do feel that there's nearly the same old squad we saw last season.
Speaker: There's still Mario Götze, a
Speaker: I think Robin Koch, it feels like as if he would have been at Frankfurt for the last campaign, I'm not quite sure about.
Speaker: But it seems that, you know, all of them somehow didn't find their
Speaker: they showed us during their Europa League stint when they won the Europa League a few years ago.
Speaker: And, you know, they started well into the season.
Speaker: And since this Hoffenheim and Dortmund wins, I think they beat both of them.
Speaker: And the last win versus Augsburg.
Speaker: And since then, yeah, they somehow just, all of them has a decreasing form.
Speaker: And, you know, I'm too far away.
Speaker: Another analyst of Eintracht Frankfurt.
Speaker: I can't really tell why this is the case.
Speaker: So I don't think we have to fear them.
Speaker: Although they are almost sure that they are going to throw everything to go for the win here because, you know, it's the last home game.
Speaker: At first it's that and the other hand side it's against RB Leipzig again.
Speaker: And, you know, as always for the founders of European football, Eintracht Frankfurt, there's no win taste sweeter, maybe versus Mainz, than a win taste against RB Leipzig.
Speaker: So I expect them to go into this game with full intensity.
Speaker: And it's going to be interesting to see how our lads are going to handle that.
Speaker: I agree.
Speaker: I mean, Eintracht Frankfurt is always eager to beat somebody like RB Leipzig.
Speaker: And the supporters and fans, of course, didn't accept us.
Speaker: Same old story.
Speaker: And usually when they come to Leipzig, they're very loud, but also a bit aggressive in their chants.
Speaker: the hell's hell's gonna break loose uh and they're gonna make sure they really push their team forward i think i i don't know why but i gotta feel i got the feeling um this team is interesting and eintracht frankfurt is an interesting team and club and maybe you're right maybe we're gonna see more developments in the next season but for this game
Speaker: What's what's he got feeling?
Speaker: How is RB Leipzig going to be able to not lose given the fact that they can't move upwards?
Speaker: They can't move down.
Speaker: I'm not really sure if we're 100% committed.
Speaker: What do you think?
Speaker: Yeah, I don't see a win here for us.
Speaker: You know, you told us we're not 100% committed and keep in mind that the Euros are about to start in a few weeks and, you know, our lads just saw what could happen in a game, so...
Speaker: relying on, um, according to, uh, Xavar Schlager, who torn his ACL recently.
Speaker: And so, you know, our whole starting 11 is, is, uh, picked with, uh, players that are going to play in the Euros for the national teams and no one, uh,
Speaker: has the idea to miss this opportunity to play for his colors for his country in this important tournament by going too with too much intensity in a tackle or in a sprint or whatsoever.
Speaker: So that I expect we will
Speaker: won't see our lands at 100%.
Speaker: And that's because we are not going to win here.
Speaker: Because if you want to win in Frankfurt, you do need to go to 100%.
Speaker: Yeah, it's a cliche, but it sounds like you need 110%.
Speaker: And I agree.
Speaker: I got the same feeling and in sense of how does that match excite me?
Speaker: Not very much, to be honest.
Speaker: And I don't, I expect us to lose, to be honest, 2-3-0, to be honest.
Speaker: That's going to happen.
Speaker: I'm not sure if you share that feeling, Richard.
Speaker: Well, not by two goals.
Speaker: I think we're going to lose to one.
Speaker: Okay.
Speaker: two goals tomorrow.
Speaker: You know, it's hard to predict the starting XI.
Speaker: So I'm wondering why our Gaffer didn't send out Elmas from the beginning.
Speaker: I agree.
Speaker: And he didn't do this versus Bremen.
Speaker: So I don't expect him to do this versus Frankfurt either.
Speaker: And I don't expect him to send out Lenz.
Speaker: but there is still a chance because it's the last game of the season you might want to give the guys from the bench that chance to play a competitive match and we have nothing to lose nothing to win either here and you don't risk any injuries from our key players so it's really going to be interesting to see who is going to play for our
Speaker: That's the tunnel.
Speaker: I think I will pause my monologue until I get out of the tunnel, or is it okay?
Speaker: I can hear you very well.
Speaker: I think the Wi-Fi is working.
Speaker: Okay, cool.
Speaker: And you talked about that there was no cohesion at all, because five of our key players were missing last Saturday.
Speaker: And if this is going to be the most likely case again,
Speaker: Then we will... We interrupt this program because Richard is approached by a train attendant.
Speaker: Richard uses this opportunity to voice his concerns about the potential late arrival of his train into Erfurt, which would mean that he couldn't catch the very last train on the day to Leipzig, which is his final destination.
Speaker: The train attendant informs him that the train will be on time and he will be able to catch his connection.
Speaker: However, he also informs him that there has been an announcement previously, which replies that unfortunately he couldn't hear it because he was very busy with our podcast, that is.
Speaker: The train attendant does inform him and educate him that the sole purpose of those announcements is to inform passengers, but in order to be able to be informed, they do have to listen to them.
Speaker: Have you ever heard of the train?
Speaker: No, I was here.
Speaker: Have I not heard of it?
Speaker: Yes, we will do the train.
Speaker: Yes, but it's good, if they come, then I can ask for the train.
Speaker: Okay, sorry, next time I'm sure.
Speaker: Richard promises to listen to those announcements in the future and the train attendant moves on.
Speaker: So here it is, a prime example of German service.
Speaker: We do not only serve our customers, above all, we like to educate them.
Speaker: Let's get back to our program.
Speaker: So yeah, I do expect that the same four to five key positions that were replaced by our bench players will be replaced by our bench players in the next game too.
Speaker: So this is the reason because I don't expect any cohesion here either.
Speaker: So, you know, it's not really important.
Speaker: If there's a lens, who...
Speaker: Maybe he'll get a chance to play a competitive match.
Speaker: Or if there's an Elmas from the very beginning, because Elmas alone won't be able to fix this whole midfield.
Speaker: So yeah, we need Xavi to maybe get something here, but I'm not sure if he's going to play.
Speaker: Maybe he won't play, because there is still the possibility that he will be at our club next season, or maybe...
Speaker: He will leave and enjoy another club and he doesn't want the risk of an injury at the same way.
Speaker: Maybe even more because I told about the Euros and this unclear contract situation.
Speaker: So yeah, somehow a gut feeling about an upcoming match.
Speaker: It's like unnecessary.
Speaker: Yeah, it's like you could call it off and give him three goals and three points and it's fine.
Speaker: If he could skip that, it would be better.
Speaker: So who's going to Marco Rose going to select this time?
Speaker: Dear football fans, we begin with our team today.
Speaker: And of course, as always, with our number one, Peter!
Speaker: 4, Vili!
Speaker: Volta!
Speaker: Volke Nummer 6, Eli!
Speaker: Volke Nummer 8, Amaru!
Speaker: Volke Nummer 13, Nikolaas!
Speaker: Rolke number 20, Javi Rolke number 22, Javi Rolke number 23, Kerstello Rolke number 30, Benjamin
Speaker: Okay, I'll give it a try.
Speaker: Gulaschi, Raum, Luke, Urban, Henrichs, Heidara, Seibald, Xavi, Mr. Elmas, thank you, Cesco, and, of course, Goldpanda.
Speaker: You know, I called 25 goals somewhere in November, I think, and now he said 24.
Speaker: Come on, give me one more, one more, please.
Speaker: And he's just in four yellows.
Speaker: He's been on four yellows for a long time, so well done.
Speaker: Since the two matches before the Dortmund match, I guess.
Speaker: I know.
Speaker: We were kind of waiting for it.
Speaker: But still, we both expect that RB Leipzig is going to go away with nil points.
Speaker: I'm actually going to say it's going to be 3-0 for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Speaker: You're putting it down as a 2-1.
Speaker: We will see.
Speaker: Maybe we're going to be pleasantly surprised.
Speaker: Hopefully it's going to be a match worth...
Speaker: watching but I do think all in all this season was a good season with all the challenges the team faced but we're going to get deeper into that next week because next week our episode will be a review of this current season and we can do that because we haven't got a cup final and I must admit I do miss that trip that annual trip to Berlin maybe next year we'll go again even if we don't get tickets we'll just go there anyway
Speaker: So thank you, Richard.
Speaker: Safe trip back home.
Speaker: I hope you get all future connections.
Speaker: I don't know what they told you, but they seem to assure you that you get back to Leipzig today.
Speaker: So thank you.
Speaker: This has been RBLE Global Tracks with Richard on the train, trying to get home to Leipzig and myself, Mario.
Speaker: And I'm sitting more comfortably here in Leipzig than the heart of Leipzig.
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Speaker: We're looking forward to talking to you again next week.
Speaker: And thank you again to everyone who's been listening to us.
Speaker: All I need to say now is, kommen wir nach Hause, Richard.
Speaker: Auf geht's, Leipziger Jungs.
