Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen beat Werder Bremen agonizingly (2-3) and moved closer to the European positions as they remain in ninth place in the Bundesliga but are now six points behind Eintracht Frankfurt, in the Conference spot League and on Saturday they lost 1 -1 at home to Stuttgart.
Werder Bremen, who are looking to thwart the dream of playing in the Europa League next season, lost a golden opportunity and will be left with no one with few options to fight for any important goal in the rest of the course.
And that was early on the scoreboard, through Marvin Ducksch, who after half an hour, with a shot inside the area, made it 1-0 with Werder Bremen putting Leverkusen against the ropes.
Return of Leverkusen
However, the reaction of the team led by Xabi Alonso withered and turned the score around with goals from Mitchel Bakker, Jeremie Frimpong and Adam Hlozek, which between minutes 34 and 83 resolved a clash in which added Niclas Füllkrug some uncertainty with a penalty goal. in the final stretch.
Leverkusen held on for the result in extra time and added three vital points in their attempt to re-qualify for a continental competition as they are already in the quarterfinals of the Europa League this season after beating Ferencvaros 2-2 on Thursday. 0.
Leverkusen are currently six points behind Eintracht, who mark the Conference League position, and ten behind Union Berlin, who will play in the Europa League and still have a game against Wolfsburg to play today.
Source: La Verdad
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