'The club knew what they would get when they called me.' Rose is 'home' in Leipzig after replacing sacked Tedesco - honigstein explains how he inspired his new side to beat Dortmund 3-0.
On Saturday, by contrast, it looked as if team and concept were closely aligned. Faster transitions meant Timo Werner looked much happier in open spaces, Rose’s 4-2-3-1 system made for more structured wing-play out of possession and a useful 4-2-4 pressing structure, and the Austrian duo of Konrad Laimer and Xaver Schlager chewed up space and opponents for fun in the centre.
Goals from Willi Orban, Szoboszlai and Amadou Haidara settled the game but time will tell whether this retro-tactic will work quite as well against more defensive side; under Jesse Marsch it certainly didn’t. But for the moment, all is Rose-y at Leipzig. The new manager, a native of the city, became an instant terrace hero on Saturday, an urbane, modern coach who instinctively connects with local passions.
“Leipzig is my home, I identify with it,“ Rose told Deutsche Well after the game. ”But when you’re a coach in your hometown, you have a particular responsibility, which isn’t always easy.” He cleverly struck a fine balance with his work clothes too: the luxurious dark jumper with a white T-shirt lazily hanging out at the bottom — a combination that covered all the angles. Chic, but with the kind of I-don’t-give-a-f*** vibe that Saxons adore.
The visiting players were critical of their own lack of effort — “we missed a few per cent in the tackles,” midfielder Salih Ozcan admitted — but couldn’t quite explain why they had failed to match RB’s energy after three successive league wins, all with clean sheets. It was another one of those Dortmund afternoons. As always, there was a mitigating factor: without fast attackers on the pitch, Borussia lacked a natural outlet to test the durability of Rose’s setup.
“We couldn’t play quick balls forward,” Terzic lamented in light of injuries to Karim Adeyemi, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Thorgan Hazard and Donyell Malen. Anthony Modeste made matters worse by embodying a human bouncy castle — it seemed all of his first touches ended up being the attacking move’s last.
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