fair tie between Freiburg and Bayer Leverkusen (1-1) which did not leave any of them happy, but kept the locals in the fight for European places. Luck did not smile at Leverkusen Xabi Alonsowho had chances in the second half to settle the game but ran into a great one spots under the sticks.
The Breisgau region woke up this Sunday to a cold winter which in the afternoon resulted in snow flakes falling on Europa-Park Stadion. Freiburg and Leverkusenboth teams will be present in the round of 16 european leaguethey encountered this time looking at the European posts of one of the bundesliga tightest in recent times.
Freiburg started by applying high pressure, trying to avoid going away with the visitors’ controlled ball, which created the first dangerous chances. Moussa Diabywith his devilish speed, and the long shot of Demirbay They are Xabi Alonso’s weapons to terrorize Flekken’s goal.
those of Christian Streich they sought to force defeat to steal in the final third, and Leverkusen could not control the game from possession. He got it hofler, taking advantage of Demirbay’s oversight which resulted in a foul and a yellow card for the German midfielder. It was a free kick from the sideline that came in handy for one of the Bundesliga leaders. The Italian Vincenzo Griffin He was undeterred and placed a shot near the post for him to score 12th goal this season and advanced on Freiburg.
Xabi Alonso’s men caught up on the scoreboard and also raised the bar at the end of the first half. Frimpong, a winger with plenty of travel, missed a clear chance at the far post after recovering. Diaby also showed ghosts every time he faced Flekken’s goal.
The match was interrupted near game time. Leverkusen, which gave an entry to Wirtz, began to put the fence on the local goal. In one of those plays, baker place a center from the balcony area for perfect splicing of Azmoun, which defined the long suit. The Iranian striker has not scored in an official match since the 31st matchday of last season.
Then the pharmacists got over their fear and hungrier in the final stage. Frimpong and palaces they tried it from afar, but they did not worry Flekken, one of the best in the party together hradecky. In extra time, the post denied Bayer victory after a shot from Wirtz and a shot from Demirbay lost his way In the end, justice was served. Both teams added a point which did not help Freiburg in its intention to enter the zone Championsand not in Leverkusen to get closer to the European positions.
Freiburg
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BAYER LEVERKUSEN
1 – Freiburg: Flecken; Sildilia, Ginter, Lienhart, Kubler; Doan (Sallai, 25′), Eggestein, Hofler, Griffin (Woo-Yeong, 84′); Holer and Gregoritsch (Petersen, 83′).
The
1 – Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky; Frimpong, Kossounou, Tapsoba, Bakker; Demirbay, Andrich, Palacios; Diaby (Schick, 66′), Hlozek (Wirtz, 46′) and Azmoun (Amiri, 86′).
The
Thethe objectives: 1-0 Grifo (29′), 1-1 Azmoun (67′)
The
TheReferee: Daniel Siebert.
Thecards: Shown yellow to Sallai (26′) and Gregoritsch (33′) from Freiburg, and to Demirbay (27′) from Leverkusen.
Thehappenings: X at the Europa-Park Stadium
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Source: La Verdad
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