Before their Champions League quarterfinal against Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann called on Tyler Adams and the rest of his players to step out of the shadows and embrace the blinding spotlight that used to shine on their former star striker Timo Werner.
With Werner watching his old team in his new London flat adapting to life at Chelsea -- he was mentioned more pre-match than any of his teammates -- Leipzig answered Nagelsmann's challenge. And it was United States midfielder Adams, the unlikeliest of heroes, who scored the crucial goal to guide Leipzig into their first ever Champions League semifinal, just 11 years after the club was officially formed.