I am not sure if we should shout: Yes - Yes - Yes!!! or if we should hope Red Bull Leipzig goes through the last stage.
Just a remark - this Red Bull club is based in Germany - Saxonia to be clear - and is not the club of our own Ray Yabo - however they are tight together based on their main sponsor.
Red Bull Leipzig - not very popular in Germany
However I personally have to say I like them much more as Bayern Munich - RB Leipzig (they avoid official Red Bull and call it Rasenballsport Leipzig - or better, they have to avoid the name as of stupid German rules) is officially known as a club that has been sold / bought or whatever. A lot idiots do stupid things as of pure heat, look at this:
A bit similar reputation wise as TSG Hoffenheim where one of the former board members of SAP (tech company from Germany - providing ERP systems to explain it in a nutshell) Dietmar Hopp is the main driver with his money of the development - doing a lot in the education of young talents. Both of these clubs are considered as bad by the public - if you go to any other country this results in people shaking their heads. This is a major problem for German football! Germans live in their past - we lose traction and countries such as England are overtaking us - not mentioning the Premier League only. Anyway - back to the news! Red Bull Leipzig is now qualified for the play-off matches to enter Euro League. I hope they make it - last year they played Champions League and I still consider them as one of the fresh new breezes Football needs over here.
The Match today
After the first leg win of 3-1 today RB Leipzig played 1-1 at Universitatea Craiova and qualified for the 3rd qualifying round. Next opponent will be either Sorja Luhansk/Ukraine or Sporting Braga/Portugal to be played August 23 and 30. The match itself was short of highlights so I will tell more about the club - are you still interested?
Read what Wikipedia says:
RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V., commonly known as RB Leipzig, is a German association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by initiative of the company Red Bull GmbH, who purchased the playing rights of a fifth division side SSV Markranstädt, with the intention of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. Men's professional football is run by the spin-off organization RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH.
RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena. In its inaugural season in 2009–10, RB Leipzig dominated the NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V) and was promoted as champions to the Regionalliga Nord (IV). RB Leipzig won the 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost season without a single defeat and was promoted to the 3. Liga (III), then finished the 2013–14 3. Liga season as runners-up and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga (II) as the first team since the introduction of the 3. Liga to win promotion after only one season.
On 8 May 2016, RB Leipzig ensured promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2016–17 season with a 2–0 win over Karlsruher SC. One year later, RB Leipzig captured a place in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League by finishing as runners-up of the Bundesliga.
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