"It was sensational. RB Leipzig emerged victorious from this Sunday meeting of European competition recoverers in southern Germany which, in context, had no business being as satisfying and as enduringly interesting as it turned out to be."
"Since he took the helm in 2007, the club have risen from the fifth tier to first, begun to establish themselves in the Bundesliga and even reached Europe."
"It might have been perceived differently had Jan Schoppner's second-half piledriver flown six inches lower rather than smacking the crossbar, giving the hosts a deserved equaliser."
"Lois Openda's vicious finish from an Antonio Nusa pass proved to be the decider, as well as an eloquent expression of Leipzig's far greater means (they have maybe 12 times our squad value, pondered Schmidt) and their higher ambitions."
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