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Leipzig (AP) - The quarantine obligation for the Bundesliga soccer team came at just the right time for RB Leipzig after the sobering defeat in the final in the cup.

So the team couldn't help but analyze the gruesome Berlin evening and get in the mood for the last home game of the season against VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday (8.30 p.m. / Sky).

"The boys talked a lot about it and worked it up, they are in a good mood now," reported coach Julian Nagelsmann and immediately communicated new goals: "Ideally, we now want to get 70 points and fix the runner-up."

How pronounced the spirit of Cottaweg is now will show against the robust Lower Saxony - for whom there is still a lot at stake. In contrast to Leipzig, Wolfsburg is far from certain of qualifying for the Champions League. Followers Dortmund and Frankfurt will therefore hope that RB shows full commitment. "I can send the signal to Frankfurt and Dortmund that we will do that," emphasized Nagelsmann.

The last thing with the mission was at Angeliño.

The listlessness in training even went so far that Nagelsmann had not nominated the extremely ambitious Spaniard for the cup squad.

Angeliño has now been pardoned again: «From a health point of view, he is available.

It is absolutely possible that he will be there again.

But I haven't made a decision about the first team yet. "

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Nagelsmann definitely has to do without Tyler Adams against Wolfsburg.

Dani Olmo, Marcel Halstenberg and Lukas Klostermann are also questionable.

But Emil Forsberg and Yussuf Poulsen should play from the start.

The duo had received a lot of fan criticism, because Nagelsmann had initially placed the fans' favorites on the bench. Therefore, the trainer again disclosed his decision-making. "Emil had good games recently when he came in, when the opponent no longer had full power," explained the 33-year-old. At Poulsen, he led the not-too-long injury break of almost three weeks.

Nagelsmann expects tension from the game against Wolfsburg.

You can set the point record from the 2016/17 season of 67 points, Wolfsburg has the pressure of the pursuers.

"You have been playing a body-hugging, counter-pressing football all year round, but it also has playful elements," said Nagelsmann.

"They have a clear structure with a ball. Everything is designed for a high game speed."

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