Schick, armed against Monchi to threaten Atlético

Leipzig tied a spot for the Champions League. The Red Bull team will repeat next season to continue a project that continues with more than a firm step. However, Nagelsmann, the Red Bulls quarterback, is going to find himself in Lisbon's great event against Atlético with a major setback. To say that Leipzig is going to feel the departure of Timo Werner, the new signing of Chelsea, is almost an understatement. The German team loses many of its fangs without the German battering ram, but you cannot underestimate the block or who has been its squire in the last months of the competition. Patrik Schick has once again remembered that young pearl for whom in 2017 several greats of Europe fought and, above all, he has found tactical and psychological accommodation in a drawing and a style that fits his finger.

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Timo Werner has been the all-time leading scorer in the Leipzig Bundesliga and is leaving after scoring 32 of the team's 95 goals this season. And to help him Schick appeared. The Czech arrived in September on loan from Rome, where he was eaten up by expectations, Dzeko's presence, tactical variations and the warlike atmosphere against Monchi. In 2017, when the Spanish leader took over the market giallorossoSchick was one of his big bets. It was not strange. The young battering ram was in everyone's sights thanks to his wanderings in the Sampdoria. Even Andrea Berta was watching him live at Ferraris for Atlético. Roma wanted to position itself as an alternative to Juve and went ahead for the player paying 42 million. But the difficulties were in finding him, first, accommodation in Di Francesco's 4-3-3. With Dzeko immovable at the top, Schick had to learn from more hectic positions and his talent was collapsing. That was compounded by physical problems and, soon after, a lack of confidence was appreciated as a result of lack of precision in the auction.

Quickly the eyes turned to Monchi, the Spanish had restructured and headed to Rome towards a daring market line and search for talent on a global scale. For what had been signed, in short. As Rome drifted away from big targets, criticism of Monchi flared up and Schick was used as a throwing weapon to erode the work of the Spanish. In the end, Monchi terminated his contract and in September Schick was loaned to Leipzig. There he has found an ecosystem more in keeping with its qualities. As much, Leipzig would like to keep it and he, to continue in Germany. Ten goals in 1,300 league minutes are to blame. The Czech has managed to see goal once every 130 minutes and that next to a predator like Werner, with whom he has had a good rapport. Schick has sharpened Nagelsmann's long-back system, being the target of their centers to assert their power in the air game and their intuition to combine and work for the second line. Schick has felt important, even the drop of Poulsen has not been accused in the final stretch. The slender battering ram has felt like a fish in the water, he has proved Monchi right and now, without Werner, his responsibility will increase.

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At the moment, Leipzig intends to negotiate his signing for the final title. The purchase option that he had for 29 million expired a few weeks ago. The Red Bull club has Schick's yes and wants to play with it. The offer is now 20 million, but the club giallorosso It aims to get them up to 25. All this at the expense of what Schick can do in Lisbon. He will not have it easy against Oblak, Giménez, Felipe and company, but patience and the eye have their prize. Roma, today, is experiencing its umpteenth revolution and Monchi returned to Sevilla to, after multiple changes in the squad and the bench, leave the team even on points with Atlético.