RB Leizpig: from Ligue 2 to goalscorer at the Santiago-Bernabéu, the flight of Tidiam Gomis

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Not everyone can score goals in the Champions League against Real Madrid, especially at the Santiago Bernabéu. Tidiam Gomis will The post RB Leizpig: from Ligue 2 to goalscorer at the Santiago-Bernabéu, the flight of Tidiam Gomis appeared first on French Football Weekly .

Not everyone can score goals in the Champions League against Real Madrid, especially at the Santiago Bernabéu. Tidiam Gomis will be able to boast about it in a few years. For the moment, the time is rather for the disappointment of a heavy defeat (4-1) even if he still saved the honor of his team at the end of the match by being at the conclusion of a good transition phase. The 20-year-old Franco-Senegalese striker will have made good use of the quarter of an hour of play spent on the pitch.

> “I’m happy to have scored my first goal in the Champions Leaguehe reacted after the final whistle. I am delighted, but disappointed with the end result. We deserved better. It was a completely different match from Saturday (large 6-1 defeat against Bayern Munich, editor’s note). We exploited possession better, we were more intense and we created a few chances, especially in the first half, which we were unable to capitalize on. Against this team, it’s difficult if we don’t carry out our actions.»

In clear progress with Demichelis

If RB Leipzig has had a second consecutive poor performance, the young Gomis confirms his rise in power. Since the start of the season, Martin Demichelis has trusted him more and more. With already 10 appearances in all competitions (for 3 starts), the man who can play across the entire attacking front has found the net 3 times, for 2 assists. The French U20 international has already accumulated more playing time than in the second half of last season (389 minutes compared to 440) and his market value has tripled since June on Transfermarkt (€15 million).

He is now an integral part of the squad rotation even though it was not a foregone conclusion. 18 months ago, he was still playing in the depths of Ligue 2 with Stade Malherbe de Caen, his training club. The native of Meulan was just starting to make his entry into the starting lineup. His precocity has always stood out in Normandy, since his arrival at the age of 12. To this day, he is still the youngest player to have signed a professional contract with Malherbe.

An unfinished story with SM Caen

Gomis revealed himself to recruiters during SMC’s 2022 epic in the Gambardella Cup, and this defeat in the final against OL on penalties. A year later, he made his professional debut at 17 years and 4 days (4th youngest player in the club’s history). Unfortunately for him, he arrived at the worst moments of the first team. In just a year and a half, the player has experienced three different coaches (Furlan, Seube, Baltazar) and two managements. In this context, it is difficult for a young person to progress.

From the summer of 2024, there was talk of his departure but it was ultimately during the 2025 winter transfer window that his signing at RB Leipzig was confirmed. Caen only recovered a small million euros in this affair. He was in no position to negotiate. Even six months before the end of his contract, which he had refused to extend, the trained left winger represented the highest market value of the squad. The discovery of Germany was not a formality either, especially at such a young age.

Scorer against his former boss

The right-hander initially had to make do with crumbs, before suffering an injury to the medial ligament of his left ankle during the summer of 2025, keeping him away from the field for a big month. Then Ole Werner began to trust him (21 matches in all competitions, 1 goal), before Martin Demichelis took over this summer, seduced by the versatility of the man who had to withdraw during his first call-up to the Espoirs in September, but also his activity, his intelligence of the game and his attendance at training.

> “He is very hardworking and can play in different positions. He can play on both wings and in the center. I am very satisfied with his progress. It shows, he’s ready“, declared the Argentine coach in mid-September. His latest performances confirm this. When you score against your former boss (Kylian Mbappé is the majority shareholder of Stade Malherbe de Caen (SMC) via his investment fund Coalition Capital, holding around 80%), it’s because you’re not afraid.

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