RB Leipzig defeated H. Berlin 1-0 this Saturday, in the match held at the Olympiastadion stadium. The visit scored the only goal of the game at 39 minutes into the first half, through Amadou Haidara. After an individual move on the left, the midfielder finished off the goal and beat the rival goalkeeper to score his goal.
Amadou Haidara had a great performance. The RB Leipzig midfielder scored 1 goal.
Benjamin Henrichs also performed well. The RB Leipzig midfielder was encouraged to kick 4 times.
Hertha Berlin striker Jessic Ngankam hit a pipe and dribbled the ball between the legs of RB Leipzig midfielder Kevin Kampl in the 64th minute of the second leg.
It was a duel that was stopped, due to the high accumulation of infractions within the field. There were a large number of bookings: Dominik Szoboszlai, Dodi Lukebakio, Filip Uremovic, Kevin Boateng, Amadou Haidara, Wilfried Kanga and Mohamed Simakan.
H. Berlin manager Sandro Schwarz presented a 3-5-2 tactical setup with Oliver Christensen in goal; Filip Uremovic, Marc Kempf and Márton Dárdai on the defensive line; Jonjoe Kenny, Lucas Tousart, Tolga Cigerci, Kevin Boateng and Marvin Plattenhardt in the middle; and Dodi Lukebakio and Wilfried Kanga in attack.
For their part, Marco Rose’s team came out with a 3-4-3 tactical arrangement with Janis Blaswich under the three sticks; Mohamed Simakan, Willi Orban and Josko Gvardiol in defense; Benjamin Henrichs, Kevin Kampl, Amadou Haidara and David Raum in midfield; and Dominik Szoboszlai, Timo Werner and Emil Forsberg up front.
Deniz Aytekin was the chosen referee for the match at the Olympiastadion.
On the next date, H. Berlin will visit Schalke 04 and RB Leipzig will play at home against Augsburg.
In this way, the local is in sixteenth place in the championship with 22 points, while the visit, with 48, is in fourth place.
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