Berlin, February 12, 2021 (AFP) – RB Leipzig (2ND) finished second and pressured leader Bayern Munich, which led to a 2–1 home win over Augsburg (13th) this Friday, including The 21st round match opened. Bundesliga.
Spaniard Dani Olmo opened the scoring on 37 minutes, converting a penalty and Frenchman Yuvraj Christopher Nekunku managed to extend the break before a 43, before a left-handed kick assisted by Danish Yusuf Poulsen.
In the second half, Augsburg managed to minimize the loss with a penalty from Italian-German Daniel Caliguri, but without escaping defeat.
Leipzig have 44 points and consolidate into second place in the German Championship, now six points ahead of third, Wolfsburg, which hosts Borussia Mönchengladbach (7th) on Sunday.
Regarding the leader, Leipzig took a provisional four points from Bayern Munich, which won the Club World Cup in Qatar on Thursday and advanced to the final by defeating Tigres de Mexico 1–0.
Bayern will play their 21st match at home against Armenia Bevelfeld (16th) on Monday.
This Friday’s win also gives credence to RB Leipzig ahead of the start of the Round 16 of the Champions League, where they made their debut against Liverpool in the first round of Round 16 in Budapest on Tuesday.
The Hungarian capital will host the match which Leipzig should play at home. The reason for this is that Germany does not authorize entry into its territory of travelers from areas it considers to be at high risk due to mutations of coronovirus among the United Kingdom.
This prevented Liverpool from entering German territory and the match had to be moved to Budapest.
At the time of a break from Friday’s Leipzig game, his game director Marcus Crosche was asked about information that his French player Detot Upamachen would play at Bayern Munich next season, he declined to confirm.
Bayern’s sports director Hassan Salihadzik said the operation was called off for the start of the next season, quoted by the daily Baile. Kicker magazine also confirmed this transfer.
After the loss on Friday, Augsburg are thirteenth in the standings with 22 points.
– Bundesliga (Brasilia time) and 21st round matches of classification:
– Friday:
RB Leipzig – Augsburg 2 – 1
– Saturday:
(12:30 pm) Borussia Dortmund – Hoffenheim
Bayer Leverkusen – Mainz
Stuttgart – Hertha Berlem
Warder Bremen – Freiburg
(3:30 pm) 1. FC Union Berlin – Schalke 04
– Sunday:
(12:30 pm) intrachat Frankfurt – Colonia
(15h00) Wolfsburg – b. Moenchengladbach
– Monday:
(1 (H30) Bayern de Munic – Armenia Bevelfeld
Classification: Pts JVED Gp Gc SG
1. Bayern Munich 48 20 15 3 2 58 26 32
2. RB Leipzig 44 21 13 5 3 37 18 19
3. Wolfsburg 38 20 10 8 2 32 19 13
4.Intrach Frankfurt 36 20 9 9 2 41 29 12
5. Bayer Leverkusen 35 20 10 5 5 37 21 16
6. Borussia Dortmund 32 20 10 2 8 39 29 10
7. b. Moenchengladbach 32 20 8 8 4 37 31 6
8. Freiburg 30 20 8 6 6 35 33 2
9. 9. FC Union Berlin 29 20 7 7 5 5 34 25 9
10. Stuttgart 25 20 6 7 7 37 34 3
11. Vader Bremen 22 19 5 7 7 24 27 -3
12. Hoffenheim 22 20 6 4 10 30 37 -7
13. Augsburg 22 21 6 4 11 21 34 -13
14. Cologne 21 20 5 6 9 20 33 -13
15. Hertha Berlin 17 20 4 5 11 25 36 -11
16. Arminia Bielefeld 17 19 5 2 12 15 32 -17
17. Mainz 13 20 3 4 13 19 40 -21
18. Schalke 04 8 20 1 5 14 15 52 -37
./bds/bur-cpb/dr/aam
