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Tremendous Eagles and Bayer 04 Leverkusen striker, Victor Okoh Boniface, was concerned as his facet clinched a late winner in opposition to Borussia Monchengladbach, Soccernet.ng stories.
The 23-year-old was drafted into Die Werkself’s beginning eleven, flanked by Florian Wirtz and Jonas Hoffman together with his Nigerian teammate, Nathan Tella, relegated to a spot on the substitute’s bench after he began the DFL Tremendous Cup in opposition to VfB Stuttgart.
Xabi Alonso’s males bought the breakthrough within the twelfth minute, with former Arsenal man, Granit Xhaka, belting a strong half-volley into Jonas Omlin’s purpose together with his shot travelling at a pace of 129km/hr. The Switzerland captain opted to not rejoice in opposition to his former facet.
GRANIT XHAKA TAKE A BOW 🔥
What a purpose to begin the Bundesliga season 👏 pic.twitter.com/BOktHOYdMa
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 23, 2024
Final season’s Bundesliga Participant of the Season, Florian Wirtz, benefitted from a deflection to attain the sport’s second within the thirty eighth minute., placing Leverkusen two targets up.
Issues had been going Leverkusen’s method at Borussia Park till the 59th minute when Nico Elvedi pulled one again for the house facet. A brilliantly labored set piece noticed Ko Itakura head the ball throughout purpose, permitting his defence companion to faucet house to tug one again.
Boniface, on the opposite finish, attempting to place the sport to mattress for Leverkusen, however Itakura continued to get the higher of the Nigerian who was withdrawn within the 82nd minute and was changed by Amine Adli.
Three minutes later, debuting striker, Tim Kleindienst, scored after an excellent passage of play, with Frank Honorat taking part in an enormous half. Kliendienst put the deftest of finishes in place to degree the sport for Gerardo Soane’s males.
Referee Robert Schröder, who had been to the VAR display screen twice to correctly evaluation each Gladbach targets added ten minutes to the sport time on the finish of the ninety, and simply on the loss of life, needed to seek the advice of together with his assistants after Itakura fouled Amine Adli.
The German referee pointed to the spot within the 102nd minute, and Florian Wirtz stepped as much as take the ensuing spot-kick. The 21-year-old positioned his shot into the underside nook, and Omlin was equal to the duty, however the younger midfielder took no probabilities with the rebound, burying the ball into the again of the online.
YESSSS!!! We open the season with a win! 💪⚫️🔴
90+10′ | 2-2 | #BMGB04 pic.twitter.com/iKDQX0QEKx
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) August 23, 2024
Leverkusen proceed their marketing campaign as they journey to the Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld on Wednesday to play in opposition to RegionaLiga facet, Carl Zeiss Jena within the first Spherical of the DFB Pokal.
Adefolahan Guerreiro
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