Hoffenheim (Germany) (AFP)
RB Leipzig, which will play the final phase of the Champions League in August, imposed itself with authority on Friday in Hoffenheim thanks to a double from Dani Olmo (2-0) and strengthened its 3rd place in the Bundesliga.
Three days before the end of the German championship, the RB has provisionally six points ahead of its pursuers Mönchengladbach and Leverkusen, who play this weekend.
The Saxon club is now in a good position to qualify for the next edition of the Champions League (2020-21), open to the first four in the championship.
This victory at Hoffenheim gives him a joker for the final sprint, all the more important since the men of Julian Nagelsmann have a big obstacle to cross, Borussia Dortmund, during the 33rd and penultimate day.
She also arrives at a crucial time to revive a team that had conceded five draws in its seven previous matches, clinching the title race, while it was still one point behind Bayern Munich in late February, shortly before the interruption of competition due to coronavirus.
The Spanish neo-international Dani Olmo folded the match in the first quarter of an hour. First after a typical action in the DNA of his team, recovery in pressing in the midfield and a transition played at 100 an hour towards the goal (1-0, 9th). Then by resuming in full race in the area a head back from Marcel Sabitzer (2-0, 12th).
RB Leipzig had spent 20 million euros on the winter transfer window to recruit Olmo (Dinamo Zagreb), a 21-year-old Spanish neo-international. Trained at the famous "Masia" in Barcelona, he was European Espoirs champion with Spain last summer.
Hoffenheim was not unworthy and obtained several occasions, but the Hungarian international goalkeeper of the RB, Peter Gulacsi, took good guard, with some spectacular parades (38th, 52nd, 65th).
The club of the billionaire Dietmar Hopp temporarily occupies the 7th place, which this season will offer a jump seat for the play-offs of the 2020-2021 Europa League.
On Saturday, Bayern Munich can win their 8th consecutive champion title, if they beat Mönchengladbach (6.30pm) and if their runner-up Dortmund has previously lost to Düsseldorf (3.30pm).
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