Leipzig is not in favour and the Bundesliga clubs are showing it. This is how Augsburg presented it in the new season’s schedule

RB Leipzig? By all accounts, one of the most hated clubs in Germany since its inception, and the most hated since its promotion to the top flight. This was evident at the end of last season, when the Saxon side won its first trophy, and now in the draw for the new season, when Augsburg took a dig at the Red Bull-owned team.

Friday was a big day for fans of the German Bundesliga and the clubs themselves. On the agenda was the fixture list for the upcoming season, which will kick off on 5 August with Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Most of the clubs took a rather lax approach to the presentation of their fixtures, but not Bavarian Augsburg, where Jan Morávek played for many years and where goalkeeper Tomas Koubek is still fighting for a place.

The German Twitter account hasn’t done anything controversial, at most it has put together a great montage of key or funny moments from the matches against the teams. However, there was already a hint of dislike for Leipzig, as that selected moment was a foul on one of RB’s players.

For a change, the English version of the official Twitter account offered a montage of various personalities ‘pronouncing’ the names of Augsburg’s opponents round after round. At least that’s how it was supposed to sound. And it was the pronunciation of Leipzig that amused fans of the German top flight.

Leipzig was pronounced “plastic” in the video, which was clearly Augsburg’s way of reminding the fans that it is an artificially created club that violates many of the rules or has been granted an exemption from them, which puts other clubs at a disadvantage.

Leipzig, however, must be used to this sort of thing by now. After all, it sometimes doesn’t help itself. For example, when they won the German Cup at the end of last season, they provocatively posted on social media about how they poured a Red Bull drink into the trophy.

It is worth noting then that in that particular cup, it was not only the fans of Freiburg, who were the losing finalists, but the management of the club itself who gave their displeasure towards Leipzig. It refused to sell fan merchandise bearing the Leipzig logo. Or rather, it refused to use its logo.

Leipzig has faced resentment in virtually every one of its league and cup matches and it is questionable whether this will change any time soon.

Source: Twitter, Augsburg