RB Leipzig has secured fourth place in the Bundesliga ahead of schedule. In the last home game of the season, Marco Rose’s team couldn’t get past a draw against Werder Bremen. But then FSV Mainz provided support with a 3-0 win against BVB, so that nothing can change for RB in the table on the last matchday.
RB Leipzig only played 1:1 (0:1) against Werder Bremen in the last home game of the season. Leipzig scored both goals: First Niklas Seiwald was “successful” with an own goal (36th), and substitute Benjamin Sesko equalized in the second half (61st). Thanks to the little point and Mainz’s 3-0 win against Dortmund, Marco Rose’s team can no longer be pushed out of fourth place.
Gulacsi can only look back: Werder took a 1-0 lead.
More will than precision
The Leipzig team, with Yussuf Poulsen in the attack again after a long time, started with commitment. But there weren’t more than a few promising situations. The offensive actions against cleverly defending guests were too imprecise. In any case, they started cautiously, only rarely attacking, but more dangerously: Romano Schmid narrowly missed the ball (22nd), Leonardo Bittencourt headed past his teammate Mitchell Weiser from the 5-pointer (26th). So the 0-1 in the 36th minute didn’t come as a surprise, even though it was scored by a Leipzig player: Seiwald headed the ball into the triangle of his own box in front of Nick Woltemade. Great opportunities for the increasingly erratic people of Leipzig? None – until stoppage time, when Mohamed Simakan and Poulsen each failed from close range to Werder keeper Michael Zetterer (45th + 3).
RB had problems with Nick Woltemade
Sesko comes and scores
RB came out of the break with Sesko instead of Poulsen and significantly more energy. Just 59 seconds after the restart, Werder keeper Zetterer made a brilliant save to prevent Christoph Baumgartner from scoring a header. RB worked constantly on the equalizer, which then came in the 61st minute: After a long cross from the unfortunate Seiwald, Simakan set up Sesko, who hit the ball from 14 m into the left triangle. After that, Leipzig clearly went 2-1, but had to be extremely careful. Because Werder attacked less often, but it was often very dangerous. In the final phase, a Bremen counterattack goal was in the air several times, but RB was able to defend each time with a bit of luck. And in stoppage time, keeper Peter Gulacsi kept the point on the line with a super reflex when Jens Stages headed the ball (90th + 3).
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