Bayer Leverkusen keeps an eye on the Champions League spots. At the end of the 26th matchday of the Bundesliga, the Werkself achieved a safe victory for SV Werder Bremen, who was still at risk of relegation.
The turnaround for relegation-threatened SV Werder Bremen did not take place on Monday evening (May 18, 2020). The Hanseates lost their first ghost game after the Corona compulsory break against Bayer 04 Leverkusen without a sound and without sound with 1: 4 (1: 2). Kai Havertz (28th minute) gave Bremen the lead, Theodor Gebre Selassie (30th) managed to equalize in the meantime. Again Havertz (33.), Mitchell Weiser (61.) and Kerem Demirbay (78.) with his first Bundesliga goal for Bayer made the Werkself’s victory perfect.
Werder are already missing nine points to the rescue
Bremen coach Florian Kohfeldt defied the new setback on the ARD microphone: “There are still nine games for us. I say again, we shouldn’t say oh no, it won’t work. We have to think about the way we play, we believe – and we will. ” Werder remains second to last, nine points behind the saving bank. Leverkusen headed by coach Peter Bosz, on the other hand, is just one point behind RB Leipzig in fourth place in the Champions League.
Initial ignition from Bremen does not come
Too fragile in the back and too harmless in the front – this was how the Bremen game against Leverkusen could be summed up again. And so, in the end, the seventh home bust in a row for the SVW. Bremen coach Kohfeldt had seen the restart after the two-month Corona break as a great opportunity for his team. Before the season was interrupted, the North Germans stumbled from one defeat to the next, the team didn’t seem fit. His team made up for this in particular, said Kohfeldt before the restart. But the hoped-for initial spark failed to materialize.
From the start, the guests from the Rhineland dominated, while the home side revealed deficiencies primarily defensively. After an uneventful initial phase, the Werkself took their first good chance: After a cross from Moussa Diaby, Havertz was on hand and headed the ball into the far corner to take the lead.
Bayers 1,000. Ligator
Werder’s answer followed promptly, characteristically not out of the game, but according to a standard. A corner from Leonardo Bittencourt was completed by Gebre Selassie on the five to equalize. Bremen’s joy, however, was short-lived. After a free kick from Demirbay, Davie Selke and Gebre Selassie were far too passive. Havertz, on the other hand, was wide awake and headed Bayer again.
Three headed goals in one game
Even after the change of sides, Werder simply lacked the quality to survive against a top team like Leverkusen. It was particularly striking that Bayer had absolute air sovereignty. Weiser’s third goal for Leverkusen also came about in this way. The Werkself last scored three headed goals in one game at Hertha BSC in May 2006.
The rest was just a matter of form from Leverkusen’s point of view. After a nice pass from Karim Bellarabi Demirbay lifted the ball over Bremen goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka to the final score. Bremen was even lucky that the rubdown was not worse.
Mayor of Bremen: “Problematic signal”
It was just as quiet outside the stadium as it was in the arena itself. In the smallest state of Bremen, ghost games are viewed much more critically than anywhere else. At about the same time as the kick-off, Bremen Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte said on the ARD: “The problematic signal to the public remains: We preach ‘keep away’ everywhere, in kindergarten, at school, in restaurants. And then we leave out major sporting events to where it is part of the program that 22 people come to the skin. Not from two households, but from 22 different households. “
Werder will play at SC Freiburg next Saturday (May 23, 2020) at 3:30 p.m. Leverkusen has to run at Borussia Mönchengladbach at the same time.
Source: sportschau.de
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