Leipzig's young coach Nagelsmann ready to mix it with seasoned Simeone

Julian Nagelsmann is the youngest head coach to take a team to the Champions League quarter-finals but any suggestion he or his RB Leipzig players will be out of their depth against Atletico Madrid should be quickly dismissed.REUTERS: Julian Nagelsmann is the youngest head coach to take a team to the Champions League quarter-finals but any suggestion he or his RB Leipzig players will be out of their depth against Atletico Madrid should be quickly dismissed.

Nagelsmann's tenacious side outclassed Jose Mourinho's Tottenham Hotspur in the last 16, winning 4-0 on aggregate, and it was clear over those two ties that while he respects Europe's big-name coaches, he wants to do things his way.AdvertisementHe exudes the quiet confidence of a man who knows his path, so much so that he turned down an approach from Real Madrid in 2018, saying it was not"the right step" for his career.

Leipzig will be underdogs against a rugged Atletico side that knocked out holders Liverpool in the last 16. "I want us to put in a good performance and if we go through for Spanish media to say that we deserved it."

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