No matter how Tuesday’s Champions League group stage finale turned out for Jesse Marsch and his Red Bull Salzburg, he’d delivered a towering achievement by even positioning his Austrian side for a chance to advance to the knockout stages.
The Austrians were eliminated in a 2-0 home loss to Liverpool on second-half goals from Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah, whose finish from an impossibly tight angle was one of the highlights of the season so far (via Turner Sports):
But that didn’t diminish what Marsch has done.
It’s well-worn by now that Marsch became the first American coach to manage a game in the elite European club competition.