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Crisis? Tedesco: “You still need a certain composure”

He returned to the Bundesliga at the beginning of December. With Spartak Moscow, Domenico Tedesco was runner-up, now he is to get RB Leipzig back on track.

Three games. One win, one draw and one defeat. Four points and 10th in the table. The first few days have made it clear to Domenico Tedesco that the task of RB Leipzig will not be an easy one. the 36-year-old insights into his still short time at last year’s relegated runners-up.

These are the dads a team needs.

“Well, I knew beforehand that not everything is going well here in Leipzig at the moment. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t be here,” said Tedesco, taking a realistic view of his task with the Saxons. His most important impression: “We still have a lot of work ahead of us.

No stability, no consistency, no structure. There are many things the new coach has to do with his team. For example, the condition of numerous professionals. “My impression is that we have too many players who are not at one hundred per cent, and that is not an excuse or a criticism of what came before me,” explains Tedesco, who now also has to do without cornerstones Konrad Laimer and Emil Forsberg for several weeks. “These,” said the coach, “are very important players, the daddies on the pitch, who a team simply needs as well. “

Something positive has been set in motion.

After the first three games on the RB bench, Tedesco nevertheless remains optimistic. “We expected more points, of course, but it’s not all negative,” was his initial assessment. “My general feeling is that something positive has been set in motion in these ten days.” Tedesco is ready for the short preparation for the second half of the season, in addition to a thorough analysis, streamlined processes, an appropriate address and a lot of work, he also relies on a very specific experience, which he learned from his time in Moscow: “In crisis situations, you still need a certain composure. “

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