Xabi Alonsocreate a Bayer Leverkusen who has not known a loss this season -35 wins and five draws-, has his first final as a coach.
Their team, the outstanding leaders of the Bundesliga and in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, made logic against Fortuna Dusseldorf (4-0), a Second Division, and they will meet on May 25, at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, with Kaiserslauternof the same category as in Daniel Thioune.
Too much in the domestic competition, with 13 points ahead of Bayern Munich, Alonso introduced only three changes regarding the suffering victory over the Hoffenheim (2-1). Kovar, under the sticks, Stanisic and Adliauthor of 2-0 and assistant to first in the two goals he scored Wirtzare their three new things for a match that doesn’t have much history.
Frimpongafter a failed auction attempt by Schickmade the difference in level between both teams apparent after seven minutes and Adliin the 20th minute, it was even more at the end, with a cross shot at the far post, a counterattack led by Wirtz.
Wirtz, 31 goals were scored
The magician from Pulheim reached 31 goals scored this season – 13 goals and 18 assists – by taking advantage, after half an hour, of an error at the start of Kastenmeier and sign, from the penalty spot, the final 4-0 in the 60th minute.
Boniface, back, another joy
In the rivalry more than seen for the sentence, the big news of the second half is the return of Bonifaceout since December and still top scorer (16) of Leverkusen in all competitions. More wood in Triplet’s quest.
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Fortuna Dusseldorf
Bayer Leverkusen: Kovar; Stanisic, Tah, Tapsoba; Frimpong, Andrich, Xhaka (Kossounou, 78′), Grimaldo (Hincapié, 71′); Adli (Nathan Tella, 65′), Wirtz (Hofmann, 65′) and Schick (Boniface, 65)
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Fortuna Dusseldorf: Kastenmeier; Zimmermann, Hoffmann (Quarshie, 46′), Siebert, Iyoha (Jastrzembski, 76′); Oberdorf; Klaus (Sobottka, 46′), Engelhardt, Tzolis; Jóhannesson and Mustapha (Niemiec, 65′)
The
TheThe objectives: 1-0 Frimpong (7′), 2-0 Adli (20′), 3-0 Wirtz (35′), 4-0 Wirtz (pen.) (60′)
stadium: BayArena
Referee: Christian Dingert. He warned Tzolis (37′).
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Source: La Verdad
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