Leverkusen’s goals were scored by Victor Boniface, from a penalty in the 25th minute, Granit Xhaka, in the 60th minute, and Florian Wirtz, in the 68th, 83rd and 90th minutes for the aspirin club’s first Bundesliga title, breaks a series of 11 consecutive salad bowls for Bayern.
Bayer Leverkusen’s starting lineup generated some surprise since Xabi Alonso chose to leave three players on the bench who have been key throughout the season, Jeremie Frimpong, Wirtz and Alejandro Grimaldo.
The decision probably pointed to Thursday’s Europa League match against West Ham and something that Xabi Alonso had said during the week about the fact that even if the Bundesliga could be defined today, the season would continue.
In addition, he highlighted his confidence in the players who were replacing those after he had commanded the offense in many games in a key game.
In Frimpong’s place was Nathan Tella; in Wirtz Adli’s place and in Grimaldo’s position, the Ecuadorian Piero Hincapie.
Hincapie had the first chance in the 8th minute with a shot that crashed into the body of goalkeeper Zetterer after Tella’s cross from the right.
Although Leverkusen’s machine did not seem to work as well as in its best games, the chances continued to come and towards the 25th minute there was a penalty, sanctioned by referee Harm Osmers after consulting the VAR images, for a foul by Argentine Julian Malatini about Jonas Hofmann.
Leverkusen continued to take the initiative and came close to a second with a shot from Adli hitting the crossbar in the 28th minute while Bremen barely peeked into the Leverkusen half.
In the 60th minute, Granit
Wirtz, who had entered for the second half, scored the third in the 68th also with a shot from outside the area.
In the 83rd minute, Wirtz himself repeated himself by defining inside the area with a great pass from the Argentine Exequiel Palacios and in the 90th, with a pass from Grimaldo, he completed the third on his personal account.
Leverkusen is the invincible team in Europe this season. He completed 43 games without losing in the Bundesliga and now focuses on the German Cup and the Europa League, the other two tournaments he can still win.
(Source: ESPN)
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