Soccer Football - Champions League - RB Leipzig Training - Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal - August 12, 2020 RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann wears a mask in the stadium before training Lluis Gene/Pool via REUTERS
LISBON (Reuters) - When RB Leipzig take the field for their Champions League quarter-final against Atletico Madrid on Thursday, it will mark a new stage in the rapid rise of a club which was founded only 11 years ago.
But despite the newness of the club, backed by energy drink company Red Bull, for football lovers in the Eastern part of Germany and the Saxony region in particular, the occasion will spark some nostalgia as well as a good deal of local pride.
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