Bundesliga: André Silva heads RB Leipzig to win against VfL Bochum

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With his first ball contact, Silva heads Leipzig to victory

RB Leipzig wins against VfL Bochum. Coach Jesse Marsch replaces the win. His joker hits the lead just a few seconds after being substituted on. Then the dams break at the climber. The highlights of the game in the video.

RB Leipzig is still looking for its game idea. It was only thanks to a strong final offensive that coach Jesse Marsch’s team achieved a 3-0 work victory in a duel with newly promoted VfL Bochum. André Silva (69th minute) headed in 36 seconds after coming on for the lead, before Christopher Nkunku (73rd / 78th) increased with a brace. After the seventh matchday, the runner-up has ten points to make it into the European Cup, but continues to lag behind his ambitions.

The game started with an uproar: After Angeliño (4th) ran free to VfL goalkeeper Manuel Reis and rounded him, Erhan Masovic headed the ball off the line before Yussuf Poulsen was fouled on an overhead kick. Referee Robert Hartmann gave a penalty. But when Emil Forsberg was already getting to the point, the referee looked at the scene again and decided: no penalty. This spurred RB even more. Forsberg (8th) checked von Riemann, three minutes later the Swede hit the post.

Andre Silva (M) celebrates his second goal in the Bundesliga for RB Leipzig

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The uncertainty at RB after the mixed start of the season was great. Typical for this is the scene in the 29th minute: The last outstanding Nkunku ran free to Riemann, but instead of passing right to the also free Yussuf Poulsen, he shot himself and failed at the keeper.

Bochum almost took advantage of this hesitation. After RB lost the ball again after winning the ball, Bochum’s Antony Losilla (36th) slipped the ball almost to lead into the goal. After that, the number of bad passes in the build-up game increased – the RB fans loudly acknowledged this with whistles. Marsch tried to exert an influence from the outside, urging his team to be more calm and serene with gestures.

Nkunku is once again Leipzig’s best

After an hour, Marsch switched to a back four with the substitution of Nordi Mukile for Angeliño. That didn’t change anything in the weak and unimaginative play structure of RB. But he then brought Dominik Szoboszlai and striker André Silva for Forsberg and Poulsen.

The reward came from newcomer Silva: With his first touch of the ball, the Portuguese heads in after a corner from Szoboszlai for the lead. That was liberating. A little later, Nkunku lifted the ball over Reimann twice. Now Marsch dared more, first brought Ilaix Moriba, who was signed by FC Barcelona.

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