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UEFA Champions League match between "Leipzig" and Madrid "Atletico" teams revealed quite a few interesting facts, most of them related to the young coach Julian Nagelsmann. Yesterday's quarterfinal tournament match in Portugal ended with a 2:1 victory for the Bundesliga club.
- In 1987, "Atletico" coach Diego Simeone began his professional football career, while J. Nagelsmann had just entered the world;
- "Leipzig" is the first team to eliminate D. Simeone's coached "Atletico" from the Champions League without having Cristiano Ronaldo in its ranks;
- Just four years ago, J. Nagelsmann was only working with the "Hoffenheim" U-19 team;
- The young German strategist is younger than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo;
- 33-year-old J. Nagelsmann is the youngest coach of all time whose team has reached the Champions League semifinals;
- Founded just under 11 years ago, "Leipzig" managed to climb to historic heights;
- The Leipzig team is the furthest eastern club in Europe to reach the Champions League semifinals since the legendary Kiev "Dynamo" team (1999);
- A year ago, goalkeeper Thomas Lemar, who cost 70 million euros for "Atletico", finished the season without scoring a single goal or making a single assist.
