Leipzig praise performance, criticise referee and striker

A match worthy of the Champions League was watched by a sold-out arena in Germany. Leipzig fell 0-1 to Real Madrid in the first Champions League eight finals and will have a tough time in the away leg. How are the home fans reacting?

Real Madrid with one win after another, Leipzig without form – such an even and tense match was not expected. The German team had more shots on goal, was more dangerous, but didn’t take their chances. Of course, thanks to the performance of goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.

Fans praise and criticize the referee

Perhaps the most important moment of the match came in the second minute when Benjamin Šešek’s goal was disallowed. It took a lot of time to find the offside, the Slovenian’s shot was invalid because Benjamin Henrichs lightly touched goalkeeper Lunin in an offside position.

On Leipzig’s social media, there is pretty much every comment about the referees’ performance. “Good game. Huge mistake by the referees that can be turned around,” wrote Leipzig fan Nico in a liked comment under an instagram post.

Leipzig fans were also annoyed by the failure to award a yellow card for a nasty foul on Dani Carvajal. Otherwise, the fans are primarily happy with the performance, their favourites pressed well, only the quality in the final phase was lacking.

“A performance I’m proud of, it was excellent. I’m proud of the boys,” continued fan Cole. In any case, Leipzig have a tough job ahead of them away from home, with Jude Bellingham still likely to be out and Toni Kroos also substituted for health reasons on Tuesday.

Ah, the productivity

He struck from an offside position, then had two more chances and threw away two decent chances. A game marked by paradox was experienced by striker Šeško, who definitely should have scored at least one goal. In each half he threw away a very promising opportunity.

“Šeško is not up to Champions League level. Send him back to Austria,” wrote Instagram user Nxtinxti. In any case, Šeško has potential, after all, he is the architect of Slovenia’s promotion to the summer Euros. Just a match jerk.

Source: Champions League, Instagram