Intense Bundesliga Opener: Bayer Leverkusen Defeats Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 in Thrilling Showdown

Football Bundesliga, Germany, season 2024-25, last Friday, August 23. It’s a curtain-raiser between Borussia Mönchengladbach, who finished 14th last season, opening Borussia-Park. Get a visit to Bayer Leverkusen. An undeveloped former champion

Just 12 minutes after kick-off, the “hardened champions” took the lead when the home side, Gladbach, lost control of the ball and Jeremy Frimpong cut the ball down the right before crossing and the home defenders ricocheted On the sideline, Granit Xhaka came running to hit it with his whole left hand, the ball went into the side, his tail was put in beautiful in the triangle. It was the first Bundesliga goal of the season, giving Leverkusen a 1-0 lead over Gladbach.

In the 18th minute, Alonso’s team gave up the chance to take the lead after Victor Boniface had a chance to score but the ball unfortunately hit the crossbar.

Summary 38 “Drugstore” came second and took the lead. From the moment Jeremy Frimpong pulled in before breaking to beat Grimaldo, he was blocked and came into the path of Florian Weirtz, who picked it up and put it into the net for him. Leverkusen leads Gladbach 2-0.

In the 42nd minute, “Singha Num” put the ball into the back of the net after Rocco Reitz beat Lucas Hradecki before Tim Kleindinst charged and followed up with a header over the goal line. But the referee checked VAR and ran to look at the pitchside monitor before going out to grab the score, not allowing the home side to set up a goal after Kleindinst to dirty the drug player on his appearance in the records.

The first half ended with Gladbach trailing Leverkusen 0-2.

The second half started in the 59th minute, with Gladbach fans cheering on the pitch. When the goal was scored, it was 1-2 from the moment Ko Itakura went into the middle for Nico Elvedi to beat Hradecki and save Hradecki before the ball came in again . The referee checked VAR before confirming the home goal.

Minute 85: Singha’s young fans cheered again. When the 2-2 draw was achieved after Kevin Steger passed to Tim Kleindinst, the talented striker stepped in and fired.

It looked like the game would end in a split of points, but then 90 + 11 Drug Store got the ball at the penalty spot before Florian Wiertz, even though he shot to the young goalkeeper Singha to save, but he followed again Nothing left. Leverkusen took a 3-2 lead before the referee was able to wait to end the game, resulting in Xabi Alonso’s side making a difficult start to the new season with a three-point win over Gladbach 3 -2 next week Leverkusen He will return to the nest to visit Leipzig while Gladbach visit Bochum.

List of 11 starting players for both teams

Monchengladbach (4-2-3-1): Jonas Omlin – Joe Scully, Ko Itakura, Nico Elvedi, Luca Netz – Julian Weigl, Rocco Reitz – Franck Honorat, Kevin Steger, Alassan Plea – Tim Kleindinst

Leverkusen (3-4-2-1): Lucas Hradecki – Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Piero Incapie – Jeremy Frimpong, Robert Andrich, Gra Nit Xhaka, Alex Grimaldo – Florian Wiertz, Jonas Hoffmann – Victor Boniface