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Thanks to a late strike from Mitchell Weiser, Bayer Leverkusen drew 0-0 against the oppressed Ludogorez Razgrad. Before that, the Werkself had a lot of difficulties.
Leverkusen players moved with relief, the unexpected Schützenhilfe in the fight for the group's victory in the Europa League has significantly illuminated the atmosphere of Heiko Herrlich's team. Although the Bundesliga football team only came 1-0 (0-0) against Bulgaria's Ludogorez Razgrad (Bulgaria) with her second suit, she still has the best chances of Group A. The Fielder FC Zurich he's tilted 2 to 1 against AE Larnaka – Leverkusen has now increased ten points, his ranking in front of the Swiss (9) even from.
"We wanted to win the match, we did not succeed, but with the 1-1 we can live." It has been noticed that the many changes of automatisms have not worked, "said Herrlich." At the moment, we are not very lucky, but we reacted well after the 0: 1 and we ran away with a black eye, "said Julian Baumgartlinger.
Bayer coach Heiko Herrlich changed his starting lineup against Ludogorez Razgrad, who was tied for ten. (Source: Federico Gambarini / dpa)
Weiser realizes compensation
In the 85th minute, Mitchell Weiser equalized Marcelinho's lead in the 69th minute for the Werkself. On December 13, Leverkusen will play in Larnaca, Cyprus, and would certainly be the first with a win. As group winners, they avoid the big names of the second round, including the relegated teams in the Champions League Champions League.
Herrlich had changed his starting lineup against the 2: 0 against VfB Stuttgart on Friday at 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 beaten against Baumgartlinger. In addition, the young Sam Schreck celebrated his competitive debut for the Werkself.
Leverkusen starts with Paulinho
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.
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.
Schreck and Bailey in front of the goal are not coherent enough
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.
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.
Even in the 63rd minute, Lars Bender, substitute captain, prevented Bayer from breaking through the Bulgarians' defensive wall. After Marcelinho initially failed Ramazan Öczan, he improved a few seconds later. Weiser met a nice shot shortly before the end.
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