Great success of Bayer Leverkusenwhich recovers sensations and gets out of trouble. Xabi Alonso’s side started as favourites, going into the match with one point from the last six in the Champions League. After returning to victory – and in what way – in the Bundesliga, the Rhenish team He once again showed himself to be hungry for European competition. On the opposite side, an RB Salzburg that was forced to win to stay alive and sank with only one win in five games.
The locals started better, finding the space between the winger and the interior from the first minute. Wirtz tried his luck first so Schick eventually forced a highly contested penalty. The shot hit Baidoo’s thigh and after said rebound, it hit the defender’s hand, signaling a penalty. Wirtz didn’t hesitate and put him on the squad.
immediately after, Grimaldo made it 0-2 with a foul on the edge of the area. Xabi Alonso’s men looked for more than a match with a big difference between the two teams, boasting different categories. The Germans continued to press through the lanes, doing a lot of damage in the space between the center backs and the winger.
Wirtz continued his business and after a pass from Grimaldo, he dribbled past two opponents, entered the area and was perfectly defined to make the 3-0a result that seemed decisive even in the 30th minute Salzburg’s weak defense had a lot of problems closing their goal before the break and did not create any kind of danger for the German team. Schlager denied Palacios a goal on two occasionsreaching the break with a resounding victory for the locals.
Although Red Bull Salzburg the first half started betterthe visitors did not take too many risks with Kovár’s goal. The visitors have one play left to make it four. Frimpong put a touched center in front of the rival defense and again the terrible positioning of the Austrian center backs. He put the goal on a plate for Schick, who is still plugged into Europe.
With the visitors on the back foot, Xhaka stole in and made it three for two, splitting the center back and serving to Wirtz, who spotted it Alex Garcia from the second line to specify in one touch and do the 5-0. After the Spanish footballer’s goal, Neither team posed any danger to the opposing goal.closes the match with a ‘small hand’ that does a lot of damage to RB Salzburg, who are left with a remote chance of qualifying. For their part, that of Xabi Alonso, with ten points out of a possible fifteen, temporarily enter the top eightpositions that provide direct access to the round of 16. Inter, Atlético de Madrid and Sparta Prague They are the three rivals that Bayer 04 left before the end of this period.
match lineup
17
30
20
3
4
12
25
34
10
14
8
24
70
3
27
91
6
10
15
19
49
30
BayArena
Alexander Schlager24
67′
Amar Dedic70
10′
Aleksa Terzic3
45′
67′
Lucas Gourna-Douath27
45′
Kamil Piatkowski91
Samson Baidoo6
67′
Bobby Clarke10
45′
Mamady Diambou15
64′
73′
7′
29′
75′
Karim Konate19
15′
60′
72′
Moussa Yeo49
57′
64′
Oscar Gloukh30
Replacements
Salko Hamzic92
Hendry Blank4
67′
Bryan Okoh5
Daouda Guindo29
45′
67′
John Mellberg36
67′
71′
Nicolas Capaldo7
73′
72′
Stefan Bajcetic8
45′
75′
Takumu Kawamura16
Mads Bidstrup18
45′
Petar Ratkov21
Adam Daghim28
Dorgeles Nene45
15′
coach
Xabi Alonso
Pepijn Lijnders
Source: La Verdad
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