Bayer Leverkusen won against FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga

A slip-up from Bundesliga leaders FC⁢ Bayern fits ​perfectly with the end-of-year concept of unbeatable double-winner Bayer ⁣Leverkusen ​away ⁤from⁣ home. “Of course ⁢it’s good news ⁢and we want‌ to continue ourselves,” said‍ goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, who was mostly unemployed during the highly effective 2-0 (2-0) at FC⁣ Augsburg. about⁤ the first Bundesliga⁢ defeat of the ⁢season in Munich.

Coach Xabi Alonso’s side, unbeaten in 24 away games ‌in the Bundesliga,⁢ won their seventh ⁤successive competitive game and reduced the ⁣gap to the⁤ German champions in the table to⁢ just four points. FC Bayern surprisingly ‍lost 1:2 (0:1) in Mainz. ‌This ‌is⁣ a “very good sign elsewhere,” Hradecky‍ said. ​And the Munich Finn meant “somewhere else”.

The patient and ‍calm double ‍winner from Leverkusen, famous for his last minute‍ goals last season, ⁤has already scored seven times in​ the opening​ quarter hour this ‍season. In next Saturday’s home game against SC Freiburg, Bayer​ can move closer to FC‍ Bayern at the end of the year. “The ‌table in December doesn’t​ mean‌ too⁣ much to ⁢me,” said Xabi Alonso.

The Augsburgers face a challenge in their last game of 2024 against recently promoted Kiel so they cannot make the final spurt. However, they ⁣have to do without captain and⁤ defensive chief Jeffrey Gouweleeuw due to his fifth yellow card. Martin Terrier in the 14th minute and the ‌national player Florian Wirtz ⁢(40th) robbed augsburg fans hoping for‌ a surprise against the ‍confident start of the Champions⁣ League in front of 29,310 spectators at ‌half time. “We were ⁢losing against a‌ very strong opponent,” ‍admitted Augsburg coach Jess Thorup.

As ⁢expected, Xabi Alonso’s team hardly let Augsburg get ⁣to the⁣ game equipment at first.⁣ Almost 75 percent of ball possession in the first half was a reflection of Leverkusen’s ​dominance. Granite Midfield The nimble Dutchman escaped Dimitrios Giannoulis on the right, and then the slightly quicker ⁤Terrier in front of Chrislain Matsima turned his ⁤low ​pass.

national player Wirtz then showed​ what efficiency means.Matsima gave the ⁣dribble ⁢artist ​too ⁤much space.After weakening, Wirtz shot‌ from⁢ 15‍ meters ⁣and shot through the French central defender.

Augsburg was ​lucky‍ in ‍the ‌offensive‌ again with substitutes Mert Kömür, Alexis Claude-Maurice⁢ and Ruben ⁤Vargas. However, Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas ​Hradecky did not trouble them for ​long.It​ wasn’t until half-time that Claude-Maurice faced ⁢the Finnish goalkeeper with a ⁣shot. Bayer still finished the away game​ with a high level ‌of pass security and a lot of⁣ routine.