Bayer closed the best year in its history by beating Freiburg

Bayer Leverkusen closed the best year in its history thanks to the power of Wirtz and especially Schick, the author of a poker, to sweep Freiburg at home (5-1) and sign the fifth consecutive victory in the Bundesliga that keeps them awake. of Bayern Munich, leader of Germany with a 4-point advantage. Xabi Alonso’s team came close to perfection in the last game of a historic year in the club’s history against a Freiburg team that had only fought in the early stages, because once Schick smelled blood in the second half (he scored three goals between 67′ and 77′), the confrontation was seen for sentencing.

Leverkusen dominated the early stages and controlled the ball, but could not stop Freiburg, well equipped at the back, from creating dangerous situations that ended in limbo due to their poor goalkeeping. Leverkusen kept up their high tempo and after half an hour Wirtz forced a clear penalty which he himself missed thanks to a good save by Atubolu. The failure emboldened Xabi Alonso’s team, which at the end of the half hour came with a counterattack that was well solved by Schick.

After going through the locker room, Leverkusen maintained its good tone and extended its lead with a great goal from Wirtz. The hardest thing seemed to be done for Alonso’s team, but Schick’s midfield loss punished Freiburg with Grifo making it 2-1 after a great assist from Gregoritsch.

The goal gave the visiting team a breather, which was fully fighting for points against a Leverkusen that did not budge. The local team went back to work with Wirtz at the controls and it didn’t take long for them to kill the game thanks to their forward strike. Schick scored 3-1 with a pass from Wirtz (67′), repeated with the help of the same player in another counterattack and finished the task with 5-1 with a header from a corner kick taken by Grimaldo .