Red Bull Salzburg are out of the Champions League after a 4-0 loss at AC Milan on Wednesday, but have entered the second round of the Europa League as third-placed in Group E. Here you can read a column by record team player Andreas Herzog.
It was a really good game in the first half, at high speed, it went back and forth, chances here and there. It has been seen that Giroud, not included in the French team for nothing, is more ripped off than the young Salzburg strikers. In the penalty area he is one-on-one world class, almost impossible to defend. This was also shown in the header to make it 2-0. It just needs a real number nine. In contrast, Adamu had two really good moves, but each time he shot in the middle of the goal.It has to be said that Milan, like Chelsea recently, have adapted well to the Bulls’ physical play. The diamond created a lot of space on the outside positions, so Theo Hernandez in particular kept coming on the offensive with speed, as did Leao. Salzburg gave Milan too much space on the left. The Bulls performed okay, but they didn’t have the cream of the day needed to win in San Siro. And in the end they had to pay tuition. It is important that they learn from the mistakes with a view to the Europa League. The defeat could have been much worse, in the second half the Salzburg defense was leveraged a few times. You need compactness against real capazunders like Bayern or Milan.
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