Europa League: Bayer Leverkusen – Ludogorez Razgrad 1: 1

Thanks to Mitchell Weiser, Bayer Leverkusen has just avoided shame in the Europa League.

The back was found in the finals after a free kick from an acute angle (85.) to 1-1 (0-0) – Ludogorez Razgrad. (The game to read in TICKER)

The guests were previously led by Marcelinho (69 years old). (Schedule and results)

The coaching team Heiko Herrlich is already confident in his 16th final and even improved his chances of winning the group thanks to FC Zurich's 2-1 defeat against AEK Larnaca. (Group A Table)

"I left with a blue eye"

The Werkself will have to play at AEK Larnaka in Cyprus at the end of the preliminary round, on 13 December, in order to keep Switzerland's second finalist under control. As group winners, they avoid the big names of the second round, including the relegated teams in the Champions League Champions League.

"At the moment, we are not very lucky, but we reacted well after 0: 1 and managed to get out of trouble," said Julian Baumgartlinger.

Ten new ones! Schreck debuts for Bayer

The coach of Bayer Herrlich had changed his starting lineup against the 2-0 win against VfB Stuttgart last Friday to ten places. Only Chilean Charles Aranguiz, who was initially captained against the leaders of the Bulgarian league, was also against the Swabians from the beginning. The Greek Panos Retsos celebrates after a long break for Bayer's debut in the season, but had to be replaced in the 34th minute but was defeated by Julian Baumgartlinger. In addition, the young Sam Schreck celebrated his competitive debut for the Werkself.

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Even the super talented Paulinho, who, with 18.5 million euros, was the most expensive of Leverkusen's summer stores, was allowed to run again and was able to recommend, unlike many others, new missions. First – choice goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, regular defensive boss Sven Bender and international Julian Brandt were not even in the team.

Leverkusen has dominated from the beginning

In front of only 15,000 spectators, hosts who had been volatile in the championship left no doubt about their role as favorites. Lucas Alario narrowly missed the target after two minutes. Shortly after, Sweden's Isaac Kiese told Thelin, who showed up 3-2 in the first leg of the Bulgarian series champions, a good opportunity to lead.

Then the game is flattened. Bayer was still making great efforts and had significantly more games than the guest, in the last third, but lacked accuracy and power. The team clearly noted that she had never played together in this training.

Schreck and Bailey leave their chances

The Bulgarians, who were also spared by some regular players, have not been able to take advantage of the many deficiencies of the Bayer match and have barely crossed the median line.

After the break, Bayer moved up a gear. Schreck and Leon Bailey had good chances soon after the restart, Wendell found his master in the goal of the guests in the 56th minute of his Brazilian compatriot Renan.

Bayer failed to break the Bulgarians' defensive wall after replacing captain Lars Bender in the 63rd minute. After Marcelinho initially failed Ramazan Öczan, he improved a few seconds later. Shortly before closing, Weiser strikes with a clever shot under the crossbar.