He Bayer Leverkusen manages to defeat an entire team in Bavaria Augsburg who stood his ground throughout the conflict until Alejandro Grimaldo and Exequiel Palacios (90+4′) they broke the ice on a cold afternoon of soccer and some goals.
The box of Xabi Alonso came ravaged by casualties in the rivalry at the WWK Arena because of the Africa Cup. Well, he didn’t rely on the starter in the back, Edmond Tapsobawhich is part of the combined Burkina Fasowhile Amine Adli was summoned by Morocco and Odilon Kossounou through Ivory Coast. As if that wasn’t enough, one of the stars of the foreign team, Victor Bonifacehas been sidelined with a groin injury.
However, the leader knew what was coming and he was able to chain the first fifteen minutes of dominance with several chances chasing the goal of Dahmengoalkeeper of Augsburg.
Grimaldowith a left-footed shot from the edge of the area hitting the crossbar (27′) and Robert Andrichwhich ended with a corner towards the left post with a wonderful intervention by Dahmen (34′), they completed the two clearest chances of the rivalry at the end of the first forty-five minutes of the game.
The goals are gone but not the coolness. At -3º they are in the city of Augsburg.
He continued to press the Bayer, not seeing the door. Three consecutive chances to prolong the terror of the local defense. Exequiel Palacios shot from the edge of the area over the crossbar (49′) and Granite Xhaka He takes a corner near the penalty spot, but his header goes wide of the left post (55′). He tried too Patrick Schick with header (59′). The goal did not come.
In the 61st minute, one of the main parts of the Bayer team arrived. The meditations are over. Xabi Alonso put on Florian Wirtz.
There was 20′ left and the Bayer He missed the goal against. Up to two goals are disallowed from the team’s team. Bavariathat put a man between the ropes Leverkusen found that tilt too much. What a leader does, wow.
The final moments of the match turned into a complete siege by the visiting team in the Dahmen goal. Augsburg’s wall largely withstood Bayer Leverkusen’s push for 94 minutes.
But the goal came. It was the last minute of extra time (+5) and, after a great collective play, the ball reached Grimaldo, who from the left wing made music in the penalty spot to reach it. Exequiel Palacios and score the winning goal (0-1, 94′).
Thus, Bayer Leverkusen got the three points in a very complicated match after besieging the Augsburg goal for more than ninety minutes. Persistence paid off.
Source: La Verdad
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