The Guardian - Stocked with young talent, Leipzig still don’t currently have enough elite quality to consistently reach the next level
It was a win, and a comfortable one. Yet rarely can a one-way second half have felt less instructive as it did for RB Leipzig. Points are points, but successive home victories over Bochum and Greuther Fürth offer little in the way of clues as to how Jesse Marsch’s debut season at the helm in the Bundesliga might ultimately turn out.
It had been a frustrating week, with Leipzig’s slim Champions League hopes dealt a probably fatal blow with defeat at Paris Saint-Germain, a result which may yet contribute to a new year without any European involvement at all. “The boys stuck to the plan, had confidence and played very well,” Marsch reflected before Saturday’s game. “With a bit more luck and a little more maturity in a couple of situations we could have won the game.” Continue reading...
