Julian Nagelsmann: I think very highly of Marco Rose
Julian Nagelsmann looks forward to meeting his colleague Marco Rose on Friday.
| Julian Nagelsmann. | Photo: GEPA Pictures/Sven Sonntag |
The 32-year-old is set to meet Rose face-to-face when 'Die Roten Bullen' travel to Borussia-Park to clash with Gladbach on Friday - and he's looking forward to that.
"I think very highly of Gladbach's coach, Marco Rose. He did a great job at Salzburg and I'm looking forward to meeting him face-to-face on Friday. We are both new at our clubs - so we have something in common there already," Nagelsmann said at a press conference, as quoted by RB Leipzig.
"I assume that his team will be very aggressive when we have the ball and will go into a lot of tackles. I get the impression that Marco Rose likes to let his boys play football," he added.
Marco Rose says he's hoping for a win despite facing a team with plenty of quality.
"We're up against a side with a lot of power, individual quality and pace. We're well prepared though and our aim is to win," Rose said, as quoted by Gladbach, and continued:
"I hope that we can release the handbrake against Leipzig so to speak. The lads want to execute our gameplan, but they're still overthinking certain aspects. Creativity and courage suffers as a result sometimes."
Gladbach and RB Leipzig will lock horns on Friday at 20.30 CEST.
