He keeps getting better!
Christopher Nkunku (24) shoots Leipzig single-handedly to the next victory – and into the cup semifinals. In the 4-0 win in Hanover, the Frenchman is once again the match winner, with two goals.
17. Minute: Olmo sticks through on Nkunku. He claims the ball against Muroya and pushes in from a short distance. The 1:0!
22. Minute: Gvardiol dissects the Hanover defense with a wonderful through ball. Nkunku first plays goalkeeper Zieler, then lets Franke get out and casually slides into the empty goal from a tight angle. 2:0 Leipzig!
Nkunku hits as he pleases! He has already scored ten goals in eleven competitive games in 2022. Overall, he was involved in 36 goals in 35 competitive games this season (23 goals, 13 assists)! Thanks to him, Leipzig is in the semi-finals for the third time. After two final bankruptcies in 2019 and 2021, the first title should finally come this time.
First pot, then gone?
Of course, top clubs also register Nkunku’s top performances. Among other things, his ex-club Paris Saint-Germain (he came from there in 2019) is said to be interested. Leipzig would like to keep all top performers and can take a relaxed approach to the Nkunku situation thanks to a contract until 2024. With a fee of at least 75 million euros, the bosses would probably start pondering.
Second division side Hannover have hardly had a chance in the first cup quarter-finals since 2007, still conceded 0:3 by Laimer (67th) and 0:4 by Silva (73rd). Leipzig, on the other hand, is on the way to its first cup win – but the boss is still not in a good mood!
Oliver Mintzlaff (46) gets angry at Sky when it comes to the demand that the club should donate the prize money for progressing without a fight in the Europa League against Spartak Moscow to the victims of the war in Ukraine: “This discussion pisses me off totally on. Everyone should start with themselves first. It’s always easy to talk about other people’s money. I find it presumptuous and too symbolic for me. Those who are now demanding that they should donate this and that, they should first donate themselves.”
Mintzlaff only caused a stir on Monday with a tearful press conference – now the next emotional outburst.
