A double from Leweling in the first half was enough for Stuttgart to beat Slovan Bratislava at home and keep alive the dream of reaching the playoff stage of the Champions League. The Slovak team confirmed its status as the worst team in the Champions League and still does not know what scoring means.
The German team started working from the beginning of the match to avoid fears against one of the sweet experts of this edition. In the 11th minute, Stuttgart made a great shooting play that was impossible for Slovan Bratislava to defend and Leweling added the first goal on the scoreboard with an empty goal with a pass from Undav.
The visiting team continued to press against a Slovan unable to respond. Chances continued in the local area and Leweling, after half an hour of play, extended the lead for the visitors. The goal was disallowed in the first instance for offside but VAR confirmed the striker’s position was legal.
In the second half, Stuttgart didn’t need to press the accelerator and accepted the advantage they had before halftime. Slavia tried with more conviction than quality to score a goal that would have put them in the game. Stuttgart squandered some dangerous ways to kill off the match and Metsoko’s goal struck fear into the visitors’ bodies (85′). However, it wasn’t long before Rieder scored the final 1-3 to seal Stuttgart’s victory.
Source: La Verdad
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