By Oliver Trust
BERLIN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Domenico Tedesco might have already known Tuesday evening that he won't be in charge of RB Leipzig for much longer.
While a barrage of catcalls echoed through the Leipzig arena, the 36-year-old struggled to find words to explain the disastrous 4-1 defeat in the club's Champions League opener against underdog Shakhtar Donetsk.
The morning after speechlessness had taken hold of all of Leipzig's protagonists, club CEO Oliver Mintzlaff announced the departure of the coach who had won the first title in RB's history 109 days ago.
Having won the 2022 German Cup didn't deliver protection any longer as a disappointing league start with only five points out of five games had caused incurable unrest.
It seems an open secret that Marco Rose is going to take over shortly.
There is a certain irony in the fact that the 45-year-old is living close by in a Leipzig suburb and his first game is going to be the one against his former club Borussia Dortmund this Saturday.
In May 2022, Rose's time with the Black and Yellow ended after a disappointing season. The Leipzig-born coach had taken care of Borussia Moenchengladbach from 2019 to 2021.
Reports spoke of an exit-clause worth five million euros Dortmund paid to sign him.
While Tedesco stands for a significant amount of ball possession in his team's game, Rose has been educated by what is called the Red Bull school as he made his way to the top after several jobs at Leipzig's "brother club" RB Salzburg.
Having won the German Cup last May and reaching the Euro League semifinal had triggered vast expectations aside from demands to play a more attractive football addressing the club owner's claim to stand for adventurous sports.
The energy manufacturer isn't only regarding himself as a global player counting on international attention but is well-established in all sorts of sports linked to adventurous events.
Leipzig's current squad seemed tailor-made to play courageous attacking football after the signings of the German internationals Timo Werner (Chelsea) and David Raum (Hoffenheim).
Having kept an international force such as courting Christopher Nkunku increased expectations to continue the successful journey of last season.
Leipzig's transfer policy indicated that the club feels ready to attack the international top stage aside from trying to develop into Germany's number two behind Bayern Munich.
Despite last season's success, Italian-rooted Tedesco could get the puzzle pieces together and seemed to lack suitable answers.
Club boss Mintzlaff spoke of a new impetus needed to get the team back to happiness.
In the end, Tedesco paid tribute to what is seen as a mistake made by Mintzlaff when the former long-distance runner took too long to fire Tedesco's predecessor Jesse Marsh.
Marsh enjoyed a much longer period of grace despite an alarming downward trend. In the case of Tedesco, the club's patience expired extremely fast. ■
