Bayer Leverkusen once again caught up with defending champion Bayern Munich to the top spot, with a major victory over newcomer Heidenheim 4-1 in the fifth round of the German Football League. After the Bavarian giant was forced to settle for a 2-2 draw with them in its stronghold, Allianz Arena, with a score of 2-2 in the last stage, Leverkusen showed today, Sunday (September 24, 2023), that it is determined to fight under the leadership of Spanish coach Xavi Alonso in order to try to put an end to Bayern’s monopoly and win. With his first title in the “Bundesliga”.
Leverkusen, coming off another big win at the start of its continental career at the expense of Sweden’s Hacken 4-0 in the Europa League, did not find it difficult to achieve its fourth victory in five matches in the best start of the season in its history.
Xavi’s team took the lead from the ninth minute through the Nigerian newcomer Victor Boniface after a pass from Argentine Ezequiel Palacios, and then the score remained the same until the beginning of the second half when Heidenheim, who achieved in the last stage at the expense of Werder Bremen (4-2), achieved its first victory among the adults, The equalizer was scored by Irene Dinksy after a pass from Jan-Niklas Beste (58).
This goal was an alarm bell for the hosts, who then bared their fangs and struck with a hat-trick that was started by the other newcomer, Jonas Hofmann, with another pass to Palacios (63). He, who came from Borussia Mönchengladbach this summer, said, “We are satisfied and created opportunities, but we should have taken the lead early,” adding, “But we continued to play in our style and responded well to the equalizer.”
The match between Bayern and Leverkusen ended in a two-goal draw in the fourth week
He spoke about playing under Alonso’s leadership, saying, “There are requirements not to be too rigid (that is, adapting to the situation of the match). We have to find solutions intuitively and find spaces. I think we do this well.” Boniface added his second personal goal from a penalty kick (74), raising his tally to six goals in all competitions this season, before Moroccan substitute Amin Adly concluded it after a pass from Spaniard Alex Grimaldo (82), who was the reason for the penalty kick that Boniface executed.
Thus, Leverkusen raised its score to 13 points, but gave up the lead on goal difference from Bayern, which on Saturday achieved a sweeping victory over Bochum 7-0, including a hat-trick by the English newcomer, Harry Kane.
In the last match on Sunday, Eintracht Frankfurt tied with Freiburg without goals.
A.K/A.G (AFP)
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2023-09-24 17:49:18
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