RB Leipzig rolled over VfB Stuttgart in the second half after trailing at the break. Benjamin Henrichs was sure of victory at all times
When Serhou Guirassy gave VfB Stuttgart the lead after 35 minutes, Benjamin Henrichs already knew that he and RB Leipzig would not walk off the pitch as losers on Friday night. He and Dani Olmo directly cheered up unlucky David Raum after the conceded goal, the left-back having set up the 0:1 with a capital miss in the build-up to the game.
“Don’t worry, we’ll win the game today” were Henrichs’ words for Raum, the right-back trusting in the Saxons’ prevailing self-confidence. It was Henrichs who also initiated Leipzig’s goal festival in the second half. The 26-year-old blocked a clearance from VfB keeper Alexander Nübel into the Stuttgart goal for the equaliser.
Rose was “the loudest “
“Dream goal” captain Willi Orban jokingly called Henrichs’ strike, but also addressed the deficit on DAZN. “Often we need a goal against that we have nothing to lose anymore. Once we take off the shackles and get rolling, we are incredibly difficult to play against,” the Hungarian said.
What does the coach think? “If Willi as captain feels that way, let him take it to the dressing room that we don’t need that anymore,” Marco Rose said. According to Orban, the coach was “the loudest” at half-time, but mainly because he was angry about a penalty not being given to his team and was cautioned with a yellow by referee Frank Willenborg. “We didn’t discuss so much tactically, but just took the energy,” Orban continued.
“Getting sharper with every resistance “
The fact that Lois Openda’s goal to make it 2-1 at the interval was disallowed for offside had “only made RB more triggered”, according to Orban. Leipzig had also “become sharper with every resistance”, as Rose found – and thus in the end left the pitch as winners, even by this amount.
Olmo, Openda, Kevin Kampl and Xavi Simons ultimately ensured a clear 5:1. “We scored a lot of goals today, even the one for Stuttgart,” Rose noted. On the coming matchday in Berlin, the Leipzig coach certainly doesn’t want a deficit to get his team rolling in the first place.
