Leipzig continue their Champions League group stage in the sixth round as they take on Bern Juniors. In the Bundesliga, Leipzig's performance is average, with 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the first 14 rounds, ranking 4th, which is a relatively normal performance for them. In the Champions League, Leipzig have also been doing well, and despite finishing behind Manchester City, they have already qualified early, so there is not much pressure on this game against the Bern youngsters. Leipzig had won the first leg and this time they had home advantage and won again.
Leipzig went into a 4222 formation for this game, with Seshko and Poulsen at the front and Carvalho and Forsberg behind them. Sewald and Kanpur were paired in a back two, with Henrichs, Cimakan, Lukeba and Lantz forming a back four starting line-up, with Gulacic in goalkeeper. Shortly after the start of the game, Seshko had a shot on goal, but it was ruled out for offside and was the only highlight of the first half.
Both sides then went on the attack, but the likes of Poulsen, Forsberg and Carvalho were all of poor quality and did not produce effective shots. At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0. Leipzig had 53% possession in the first half and had 5 shots on goal with no shots on target. The Bern youngsters, on the other hand, had six first-half shots, two of them on target, but failed to find the back of the net. As soon as the second half began, goals began to emerge. In the 51st minute, Sheshko received a through ball in the box, beat a defender and fired home to give Leipzig the lead.
However, just two minutes later, the Bern youngsters equalised when Colli's flanking effort in front of goal brought the two sides back to the same level. In the 56th minute, Leipzig scored again, and Kanpur passed the ball to Forsberg, who made a slight adjustment and scored to make it 2-1. The two sides scored 3 goals in a row in just 6 minutes, and the scene was extremely intense!In the 74th minute, Bern youngsters scored again, but it was ruled invalid for offside, which was helpless. In the end, Leipzig beat Bern Juniors 2-1 to complete the double against their opponents.
In the group stage, Leipzig reached a total of 12 points, ranked 2nd, and successfully qualified for the knockout stage. In first place is Manchester City, who have won all six games. Red Star Belgrade suffered the worst performance, with 1 draw and 5 defeats at the bottom of the table.