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Champions League news: RB Leipzig unsettled by Besiktas atmosphere, admits Hasenhuttl
It took just 11 minutes for Ryan Babel to give the Turkish side the lead and the Germans were further rattled after the floodlights went out RB Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhuttl conceded his team struggled to cope with Besiktas’ intense home support as they lost 2-0 on their maiden Champions League away trip. The visitors fell a goal behind inside 11 minutes in Istanbul and never recovered, conceding a second on the stroke of half-time as they slipped to a first defeat in Group G. Leipzig evs to beat Koln After a raucous first 45 minutes, the drama took another twist when the Vodafone Park floodlights went out for a period in the second half and halted the visitors’ burgeoning recovery. But Hasenhuttl, who led Leipzig to second in the Bundesliga last season, admits the damage was done during a frenzied opening. “It is impossible to prepare your team for an atmosphere like this. There was a deafening noise [and] at the start of the game we were a bit affected,” h...