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Leipzig (AP) - With a win against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig wants to preserve its mini-chance of the championship in the Bundesliga.
With a home win in the Friday game (8.30 p.m. / DAZN), the Saxons temporarily move up to two points on front-runner FC Bayern Munich.
"A victory on Friday evening may have a small psychological advantage," said coach Julian Nagelsmann at the online press conference.
However, the 33-year-old does not want to reassess the situation in the title race before each match day.
After the 0-1 defeat against Bayern at the beginning of April, Nagelsmann said that the fight for the championship was "over".
After Leipzig's victory last matchday in Bremen and Bayern’s draw against 1. FC Union Berlin, the Saxons were able to reduce the gap to Munich to five points.
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«I can say so frankly that we would of course still like to become champions.
The point is that we have to win all games and Bayern have to lose two more after Adam Riese in order to bring the bowl to Leipzig, ”explained Nagelsmann.
"It's a very long way, but we'll walk it and see what comes out in the end."
For the game against Hoffenheim, striker Yussuf Poulsen is available again after a thigh injury that has healed.
According to Nagelsmann, there is also hope for a mission on Friday with the ailing Tyler Adams, Lukas Klostermann and Justin Kluivert.
Hee-Chan Hwang (inner ligament stretching in the ankle), on the other hand, threatens to fail.
Nagelsmann has denied rumors about possible contacts with Bayern Munich.
"There were and are no talks," said the trainer at the online press conference.
“That also applies to my advisors, of course.
You are not self-sufficient, but do things that I specify.
So there were no conversations there either. "
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Record national player and TV expert Lothar Matthäus had declared after the Champions League out of Munich on Sky that Nagelsmann had already talked to Bayern.
"I don't know where he got the information from," said Nagelsmann.
The 33-year-old referred to his contract in Leipzig, which ran until June 30, 2023: “I have often said that there are often developments in football that cannot be foreseen.
I would never start a public battle through the media to box myself out of anything.
It always has to be right for both sides, but there were and are no discussions with RB or with Oliver Mintzlaff. "
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