Two goals from Xavi Simons who re-emerged in style from his serious injury that had kept him out since last October 23, propelled Leipzig into the Champions League positions thanks to their 4-2 defeat against Werder Bremen. The extraordinary performance of the 21-year-old Barcelona youth player allowed Leipzig to regain its good momentum and move up to fourth place in the table.
equal on points with third place, Eintracht and two ahead of Mainz. Werder Bremen is eighth, two behind the European zone marked by Freiburg.
Xavi Simons He was the main protagonist of the match by scoring two goals in just 12 minutes which left the match very well on track. The player scored in the 23rd and 35th minutes to start his team’s victory and achieve his first double in 55 games with the German team. Seeing Xavi Simons on the pitch is always good news and 2025 brought the return of the talented Dutch playmaker after his long injury layoff. He has been sidelined since suffering a torn ligament in his left ankle on October 23 following a collision in Leipzig’s Champions League loss at the Red Bull Arena against Liverpool.
The game started with a local goal in the 22nd minute, when Xavi Simons finished with his right foot from the middle of the area low, next to the left post, after an assist from Loïs Openda with a header pass. It didn’t take long for Werder Bremen to react, as Mitchell Weiser finished with his left foot from the center of the area to the right side of the goal after an assist from Marco Grüll in the 25th minute.
In the 34th minute, Halfway in the half with the local advantage narrow, but Leipzig struck as soon as the second half began with a third goal, the work of Benjamin Sesko, with a great shot with his right foot from out of place in the right corner to leave the assembly is very well done.
The locals continued to create danger in a good game and Benjamin Sesko himself decided with a right-footed shot from outside the area into the right corner that narrowly missed.
The sentence, now, came in the 90th minute with a goal from Christoph Baumgartner after a right-footed shot from the center of the area to the right side of the goal after an assist from André Silva. In the 93rd minute, Oliver Burke made it 4-2 with a right-footed shot from the center of the area into the right corner.
match lineup
1
7
22
13
4
16
18
44
30
11
10
1
8
19
32
4
3
6
14
17
7
20
Red Bull Arena
Michael Zetterer1
Mitchell Weiser8
25′
64′
Derrick Kohn19
66′
Marco Friedl32
10′
45′
Nicholas Stark4
86′
Anthony Jung3
Jens stage6
86′
74′
Senne Lynen14
86′
46′
86′
Marco Grüll17
66′
Marvin Ducksch7
22′
34′
64′
Roman Schmidt20
Replacements
Mio Backhaus30
86′
Amos Pieper5
Milos Veljkovic13
45′
Julian Malatini22
74′
81′
Issa Kabore29
66′
64′
89′
Leonardo Bittencourt10
86′
64′
Skelly Alvero28
Justin Njinmah11
86′
86′
Oliver Burke15
66′
92′
coach
Marco Rose
Ole Werner
Source: La Verdad
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