Berlin – 1. FC Union started its third Bundesliga season in front of 11,006 spectators at the An der Alten Försterei stadium with a 1-1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen. With a draw that was earned due to the increase in performance in the second half, but after all the positive test match results at Union did not want to make anyone really happy. Taiwo Awoniyi had given the Köpenicker an early lead, namely in the seventh minute, but then Union did not play for long stretches as one is used to from Union.
“As much wrong as we did wrong in the first half, you can’t actually do wrong. In the second half we saw Union how we would like it, ”said coach Urs Fischer afterwards. He couldn’t give a concrete explanation for his appearance in the first part of the game, but this much: “If you don’t have the courage to defend forwards, if you keep falling, then you run against a strong team like Bayer Leverkusen for 45 minutes after. That’s soccer. And we could be happy that it was 1: 1 at halftime. ”