Like any self-respecting Spanish footballer, José Ángel Esmoris Tasende uses a stage name.

Angeliño not only sounds nicer, but also fits better with what he's doing on the pitch.

Like an angel, he flies over the flank in the RB Leipzig jersey, and there are quite a few in the city who attribute supernatural footballing powers to him.

After the first semi-final against Glasgow Rangers, all those who see the 25-year-old as a creature of God's grace felt vindicated.

Leipzig deservedly won 1-0 with a late goal scored by, of course, Angeliño.

It was a heavenly art shot that he managed in the 85th minute.

The Scots had headed a corner kick too centrally out of the penalty area.

Angeliño just tried, he kicked the ball while it was still in the air.

A perfect hit that meets the highest aesthetic standards and is also much more important.

The narrow victory gives Leipzig a good starting position for the second leg.

“It was a strong team performance that we will take with us to Glasgow.

Hoping to dominate there as well,” said Angeliño.

He and his teammates had indeed dominated.

At times, possession was over 70 percent.

For a long time nothing wanted to get around it.

Once or twice Christopher Nkunku had an opportunity.

At the best he had already played around the goalkeeper, but at full speed he missed.

And the Scots?

Tried to somehow get over time in Leipzig with a physical game.

The plan worked until Angeliño scored.

Going to your home country?

He's something like Leipzig's specialist for special moments.

Only recently did he score the all-important 1-1 draw against Freiburg in the Bundesliga.

At the last minute he secured at least one point in the duel between two contenders for the Champions League.

He didn't score himself against Union Berlin, but he did initiate Emil Forsberg's winning goal and ensured that there was another meeting with SC Freiburg on May 21.

Then on a bigger stage, in Berlin at the final of the DFB Cup.

By then, RB would also like to have made it into the final of the Europa League.

What are those weeks that the people of Leipzig are experiencing?

They have worked their way up from eleventh to third place in the Bundesliga, have reached their third final in four years in the DFB Cup, and the chances of them reaching the final in the Europa League are not bad either.

It takes place in Seville, in Angeliño's homeland.

According to his own statement, he could soon be drawn there completely.

Homesickness plagues the man, who comes from Galicia.

His wife and three-year-old son live in Barcelona, ​​a difficult situation for him.

However, his contract with RB runs until the summer of 2025 and the club are unwilling to let him go.

Leipzig's recent high is closely linked to the actions of the little angel, since Angeliño has regained momentum, that applies to the entire team.

It was the same last season, when Angeliño scored even more regularly.

Like his teammates, he found it difficult to get into this season, which in his case also had to do with a change.

Under Julian Nagelsmann he owned the left flank.

Behind him defended a coordinated chain of three.

Nagelsmann was followed by Jesse Marsch, who preferred a back four system and used Angeliño as a full-back.

In this position, however, his strengths did not really come into play, so it was only logical that the new coach Domenico Tedesco switched back to a back three.

There is hardly a player in Europe who is made for this system like Angeliño.

“His football skills are beyond question.

He plays a lot of crosses, a lot of deep balls.

He just does it very, very well,” says Tedesco.

Dealing with the over-ambitious Angeliño can also be difficult, the little angel also has diabolical traits.

Nagelsmann found out last season when he rested the ailing Spaniard on the advice of the club doctors.

Angeliño had little understanding for this.

He sat pouting in the stands and let the world know via social media that he didn't think he was hurt at all.

There is a deeper meaning when Tedesco says: "Ángel is basically someone who always wants to play." Angeliño shouldn't have much to worry about in terms of the final games of the season.

There is too much at stake for Leipzig for Tedesco to be able to do without him.

So nothing stands in the way of heavenly peace.