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How Nagelsmann, RB Leipzig's fearless manager, blazed a trail for young coaches in world soccer

It took Julian Nagelsmann a week to get over RB Leipzig's loss in the Champions League semifinals to Paris Saint-Germain. He talks through their wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Atletico Madrid with me on Zoom, and evaluates where they fell short against PSG; you can sense him playing the matches again in his mind.

Then he smiles, shrugs, says they're a young team, they'll learn... and you believe him.

Nagelsmann's age tags alongside him like it did for Mozart. Nagelsmann, 33, was the youngest manager in Champions League history to reach the knockout stages.