Bayer Leverkusen continued their good form on Saturday by adding a third victory on the third day of the Bundesliga with a 5-1 win over recently promoted Darmstadt, after going through some difficulties in the first half. The group of Xabi Alonso he is interim leader in waiting for Bayern Munich to visit Borussia M’gladbach this afternoon.
In the end, everyone was happy at BayArena after two goals from Victor Boniface, one of exequiel palacesone of Jonas Hoffmannand one of the Adam Hlozek. The grandstand even went into euphoria and began to sing a song predicting the German title of the season for the aspirin team.
However, in the beginning things were not easy. Leverkusen found themselves with a different task than in the first two days, when they had success against teams like Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach trying to make the game. Darmstadt’s plan, on the other hand, was clearly defensive and there were only sporadic counterattack attempts.
Against a Darmstadt locked in at the back, Leverkusen had the ball and turned it around to find spaces that were hard to find. In the first twenty minutes only one shot was left to score Alexander Grimaldoblocked by a defender, and another by Frimpong the goalkeeper stopped Shoes.
Darmstadt fought back and equalized at halftime
Interestingly, in a game they completely dominated, Leverkusen found the go-ahead goal on a counterattack after a corner kick for Darmstadt. After a clearance from the aspirin team’s defense, two Darmstadt players tried to win the rebound and collided with each other, leaving space open.
Frimpong played with Boniface, which came into place and determined with solvency. It was the 21st minute and everything indicated that through this the game could change but soon, in the 25′ and in a strategic move, Darmstadt managed to equalize with a header from Wilhelmson where everything started again from the beginning.
Before the break, Leverkusen’s best chance was xhaka with a shot from outside the area in the 34th minute Shoes deflected for a corner kick.
Darmstadt, who attacked very little, had a good offensive action in the 40th minute Bader that the center is gone Pfeiffgradually
Leverkusen, released
Leverkusen had to wait for the start of the second half to get the second goal, which came in the 48th minute scored by exequiel palaces In the middle of Frimpong from the right after a good overflow.
The shot of palaces He hit a Darmstadt defender, changing the trajectory of the ball.
Darmstadt coach Torsten Lieberknecht, He moved the bench before the deficit and changed the five-man defense for a line of four.
Leverkusen seemed to find more space almost immediately and almost in the first game after the changes. Boniface marked the third after a good pass in the box Florian Wirtz at 61′.
The third goal was the sentence but shortly after came the fourth, scored by Jonas Hoffmann with a shot from outside the area in the 68th minute.
Source: La Verdad
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