RB Leipzig does not want to let the anti-smooth atmosphere on the ranks at the start of the Bundesliga on Sunday (18:00/LIVE-TICKER) at Union Berlin get it out of hand. “The boys are happy when they can go somewhere where it’s loud. It can also push you if the stadium is against you,” said RB coach Julian Nagelsmann on Friday.
In addition, the RB coach referred to the cup game won at the VfL Osnabrück: “We had a good learning game in Osnabrück, where the atmosphere was also very heated and aggressive.
The fans of Bundesliga-newcomer Union Berlin plan a mood boycott in the first 15 minutes and other protest actions against the corporate club from Saxony. He will mention the topic “briefly”, said Nagelsmann, “but the players know what to expect through various newspaper articles. They’re well equipped and won’t have any major problems.”
The fact that he can better pass on his instructions to the players in silence in the first quarter of an hour is not a big advantage for Nagelsmann: “But even in a full and noisy stadium, I still have a screaming voice.