Two European ‘executioners’ meet again with the Real

RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg shared ownership for several years, the Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, owner of Red Bull. The qualification for the Champions League of both clubs in 2018 forced the Central European tycoon to look for a legal loophole to circumvent Article 5 of the UEFA Competition Code that prevents an owner from owning two teams. Mateschitz convinced the European body that it had restructured its companies and that its participation in Salzburg was simply as a sponsor, but no one is unaware of the close relationship between both entities.

This is relevant because Red Bull Salzburg was the rival that in February 2018 left Real in the ditch in the Europa League round of 32 and since the connection between Salzburg and Leipzig is fluid, it turns out that several players who were In that team they appear today in the German squad, so that up to three footballers will again face the Txuri Urdin.

It’s about the midfielders Stefan Lainer Y Amadou Haidara . It would have been three if the South Korean Hee Chang Hwang He would not have left for Wolverhampton in early September after playing two games at RB Leipzig. Of that Real they currently remain in the squad Aritz, Januzaj, Illarramendi, Oyarzabal, Zubeldia, Guridi Y Gorosabel.