{"id":7992,"date":"2024-03-16T13:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T05:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/?p=7992"},"modified":"2024-03-16T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T05:19:04","slug":"rb-leipzig-displays-flair-in-dominant-second-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/rb-leipzig-displays-flair-in-dominant-second-half\/","title":{"rendered":"RB Leipzig Displays Flair in Dominant Second-Half Performance to Defeat FC Koln"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RB Leipzig climbed to the fourth spot in the Bundesliga standings with a commanding 5-1 victory over struggling FC Koln, fueled by Lois Openda&#8217;s second-half brace. The win further compounds FC Koln&#8217;s woes against top-five opponents this season, extending their winless streak to nine matches (D1, L8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facing an uphill battle following a humiliating 6-0 defeat in the reverse fixture earlier in the season, FC Koln entered the match determined to display a much-improved performance against their formidable opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Football <a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Full Results <\/a>| Schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Get in there, Sargis! ?<br>___<br>? 1:1 ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KOErbl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#KOErbl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/effzeh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#effzeh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lxqabLtBdu\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lxqabLtBdu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 1. FC Cologne (@fckoeln_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fckoeln_en\/status\/1768727363192254722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hosts had an early chance to take the lead when Faride Alidou narrowly missed the target with a header from close range. However, their failure to convert was swiftly punished as Xavi Simons clinically finished off a well-worked move to put RB Leipzig ahead after a quarter of an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undeterred by falling behind, FC Koln responded swiftly, with Eric Martel&#8217;s flick finding Sargis Adamyan at the back post, who confidently found the net for his first league goal of the campaign just three minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite Leipzig&#8217;s dominance in possession and attacking intent, the first half ended with the scores level, thanks in part to wasteful finishing from Dani Olmo, Benjamin Henrichs, and Benjamin Sesko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visitors continued to assert their dominance in the second half, with Openda breaking the deadlock just after the hour mark, latching onto a pass from Simons to calmly slot the ball past Marvin Schwabe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friday night feels ??<br><br>\u26aa\ufe0f? 1:4 ?\u26aa\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KOERBL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#KOERBL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dNCnVGKB3w\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dNCnVGKB3w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RBLeipzig_EN\/status\/1768745488759587161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Openda swiftly doubled his tally, capitalizing on a superb delivery from David Raum to score his 23rd goal of an impressive debut season, effectively ending FC Koln&#8217;s hopes of a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marco Rose&#8217;s side further extended their lead with Amadou Haidara&#8217;s well-placed strike from outside the box, leaving FC Koln with little chance of salvaging a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leipzig continued to pile on the pressure, with substitute Yussuf Poulsen adding the finishing touch with a well-taken effort late in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comprehensive victory marks Leipzig&#8217;s fourth win in five league matches, solidifying their position in the top four, while FC Koln languish seven points adrift of safety with only eight games remaining in the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RB Leipzig climbed to the fourth spot in the Bundesliga standings with a commanding 5-1 victory over struggling FC Koln, fueled by Lois Openda&#8217;s second-half brace. The win further compounds FC Koln&#8217;s woes against top-five opponents this season, extending their winless streak to nine matches (D1, L8). Facing an uphill battle following a humiliating 6-0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"RB Leipzig climbed to the fourth spot in the Bundesliga standings with a commanding 5-1 victory over struggling FC Koln.","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3117,538,36,1175],"class_list":["post-7992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-1-fc-koln","tag-bundesliga","tag-football","tag-rb-leipzig"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7997,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7992\/revisions\/7997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}