As the match ended, the RB Leipzig U19 players walked around the pitch to thank the fans.
Amidst the cheers of nearly a thousand fans in the stands, Rolin Bachmann’s name was the loudest.
Streich, head coach of the German youth national team, smiled and stood up.
He didn’t expect to discover such a great prospect in the first match, and he was overjoyed.
Judging by his performance in this match, Rolin covered an immense range on the pitch, and his displays on both offensive and defensive ends were fantastic.
Such a versatile box-to-box midfielder was a scarce talent across all age groups, no matter where or when.
Streich decided to keep a close eye on this player.
If he could maintain this kind of form, the door to the national youth team would open for him.
Rolin had no idea at this moment that he had already been targeted; he directly vaulted over the barrier and firmly hugged his long-waiting family.
A perfect debut was the best gift he could give his family.
Luna reached out and ruffled her younger brother’s hair, a tender smile lingering on her face.
Not far away, Demirović and Przemysław Płacheta stopped in their tracks, their gazes locking onto Luna and unable to look away.
They admitted that Rolin’s looks were indeed very handsome, but they hadn’t expected his older sister to be even prettier.
As Rolin turned around, he happened to catch the two of them looking completely infatuated, the smile on his face instantly vanishing.
He walked up to the two of them and tucked their heads under his armpits: “Hey, wipe away your drool.
Stop having wild fantasies.” Before the two could open their mouths to explain, Rolin continued: “My sister is a looks-obsessed person.
With your trash-tier appearances, you simply can’t catch her eye.” “Stop thinking about it, the two of you have no chance!” The two of them broke free, laughing helplessly, and rubbed their slightly sore necks from being clamped: “We were just appreciating beauty, we didn’t have any ideas!
Do you have to be so nervous about it?!” Rolin couldn’t be bothered to deal with these two, stubborn to the end.
Everyone was a man; those little thoughts of each other were clear, who didn’t understand whom.
What he said was indeed the truth.
Luna had been pursued by quite a few people since she was little, but they were all passed over—whenever asked, it was because their looks didn’t cut it.
Even though she was in college now, she was still single.
— After the match, the players rested as they should and went home as they should.
The coaching staff wasn’t nearly as leisure-oriented; Ralf Rangnick had been paying close attention to Rolin all along, and they dared not slack off in the slightest.
They worked through the night to compile the match data and edit the footage, reporting it to Ralf Rangnick and the club at the first opportunity.
At the same time, match videos filmed by fans on-site appeared on major websites, and their popularity soared step by step.
RB Leipzig possessed a profound football heritage and was even the birthplace of the German Football Association.
As early as the East German period, RB Leipzig Locomotive had broken into the European Cup Winners’ Cup final, serving as a well-deserved benchmark for East German football.
But in the long years that followed, RB Leipzig’s local youth training talent pipeline experienced a gap, and the club’s performance grew increasingly poor.
But the emergence of the Red Bull Group completely reversed the decline of RB Leipzig football.
RB Leipzig had risen rapidly since its establishment in 2009, injecting brand-new vitality into this city.
Although the team’s results were getting better and better, they always felt something was missing.
Until the appearance of Rolin, they realized that they lacked a “local” star player.
When they saw Rolin Bachmann’s name on the number 10 jersey, every single one of them revealed a knowing smile.
Bachmann was an old-established surname locally in RB Leipzig.
This surname alone could generate a sense of closeness among RB Leipzig fans.
Thus, fans began to spontaneously forward Rolin’s video, hoping he could be seen by more people.
He represented the city of RB Leipzig and was the pride of all of them.
As more and more people forwarded it, the video of this match completely went viral across German football circles.
On German football forums and social media, fans were buzzing about the young number 10.
“Who is this kid?
He absolutely dominated that match.” “Bachmann…
that’s a local Leipzig name.
Love to see it.” “His composure on the ball is unreal for an 18-year-old.” “Hertha’s youth team is no joke, and he made them look ordinary.” “RB Leipzig might have found their next star.” One prominent football scout, known for discovering young talent, even tweeted about him: “Rolin Bachmann (RB Leipzig U19, 18yo) — watched his match against Hertha BSC today.
Outstanding performance: 1G, 2A.
Tactically intelligent, positionally aware, two-footed, and physically dominant.
One to watch.” The tweet gained significant traction among football scouting circles, and Rolin’s name began appearing in the notebooks of scouts across Germany.
— Inside the sports director’s office, Ralf Rangnick was attentively flipping through the report, looking at every single piece of data very carefully.
Afterwards, he clicked open the match footage, reviewing Rolin’s performance frame by frame.
The more closely he looked, the more alarmed he became.
The maturity Rolin displayed on the football pitch completely exceeded the scope of players of his age.
His ability to read the match was extremely strong, and his control over the tempo of offensive and defensive transitions could be called veteran-like.
Rolin ran tirelessly throughout the match, continuously creating pressure on the opponent’s defensive line.
Even when facing high-intensity pressing, Rolin didn’t commit a single error, and his passing success rate was the highest on the pitch.
He possessed both the ability to finish matches and the ability to assist teammates in scoring, and his psychological resilience was top-notch.
Taken as a whole, his football IQ, talent, and mindset all-dimensionally crushed players of the same age group.
After reading all the content, Ralf Rangnick nodded with satisfaction.