Summary: Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich 0:3/Sport1
The 21st round in the Bundesliga kicked off on Friday with Dortmund's victory over Freiburg, but the highlight came tonight (Saturday) with the game of the season that may have changed the hegemony in Germany with a huge 0:3 of Bayer Leverkusen over Bayern Munich and opening a 5 point gap at the top.
Earlier, R.B.
Leipzig stumbled at Augsburg and Union Berlin escaped the bottom with a win over Wolfsburg.
Bayer Leverkusen - Bayern Munich 0:3
11 years in a row, Bayern Munich managed to win the German Bundesliga championship with a dominance that does not exist almost anywhere in any league in Europe.
Bayer Leverkusen never won the championship, earning it the derisive nickname "Neverkusen".
This season, it seems that things are about to change, especially after the season game held tonight in Germany.
The team of Xavi Alonso, who may leave for Liverpool in the summer and succeed Jurgen Klopp at Anfield, recorded a huge victory over the reigning champion and opened a gap of 5 points at the top.
Josip Stanishic scored against the former in the 18th minute and Alex Grimaldo reached the balance of eight goals this season in the league with a wonderful performance in the 50th minute with victory number 17 of the season in the Bundesliga and a perfect start to the season.
Jeremy Frimpong added the third in extra time (90+5) after Manuel Neuer took a final corner kick and left the net exposed, in a huge victory for the table leader.
Leverkusen's achievement is so great that it is one game away from matching Bayern Munich with the best start to the season in the history of a German team with 32 games without a loss, while Alonso currently has 31 of them.
The championship is approaching.
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The protest also continued to the game this season in Germany/GettyImages
the progress of the game
18th minute: Goal!
0:1 to Bayer Leverkusen!
Robert Andrić's cross found Josip Stanisic completely free on the other side of the box and the on-loan defender from Bayern Munich slotted home the winner from close range for Xavi Alonso.
Minute 23: Nathan Tella kicked a tremendous ball out of the air that Manuel Neuer was able to repel and in Florian Wirtz's return kick it went for a corner kick.
24th minute: Jonathan Teh's powerful shot from Alex Grimaldo's corner was parried virtuosically by Bayern's German keeper.
Rather he, in front of the ex.
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50th minute: Goal!
0:2 to Leverkusen!
An exchange of passes between Natan Tela and Alex Grimaldo ended with the defender kicking into the top net of Noir.
84th minute: Yuzua Kimish who came off the bench tried his luck with a kick with his left foot, but the ball rubbed the crossbar a little and went out.
88th minute: Jeremy Frimpong entered the box, cut towards the right side and kicked a flat ball that found Neuer's crossbar.
Minute 90+5: Goal!
0:3 to Leverkusen!
Neuer went up for a last corner, Frimpong took advantage of it, raced to the goal and kicked the third into the open net from a difficult angle.
Eighth goal of the season.
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Helplessness.
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Another loss of points.
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Augsburg - R.B.
Leipzig 2:2
Marco Rosa's team managed to turn a deficit into an advantage, but went winless for the fifth time in the last six rounds.
Leipzig will take solace in the fact that Frankfurt also stumbled and did not narrow the gap from fifth place, which grants a ticket to the Europa League.
Luis Opanda (39) and Benjamin Sheshko (52) canceled out the temporary advantage given by Philipp Tietz (35) to Augsburg, but Armadin Demirovic equalized for the Bavarians (60) and Opanda squandered a precious chance to secure three points for the visitors when he missed a penalty near the end (81).
The check went on to an important 3-pointer for Union Berlin/GettyImages Maja Hitij
Union Berlin - Wolfsburg 0:1
The fan protest against the entry of private investors into German football continued in the capital city as well.
As the Borussia Dortmund fans did yesterday, they also threw tennis balls onto the court in Berlin and thus caused a significant delay of about 20 minutes in the first half.
After the German association invited the fans to express their concerns in an "open dialogue", in the stands of Union they raised a huge response sign that read: "A proposal for dialogue after a decision has already been made. Who are you trying to laugh at?".
The Wolfsburg fans also expressed their position, with a sign with a clear message: "Stay away from our sport."
On the grass, the team from the capital of Germany opened a temporary gap of 5 points over P.C.
Cologne, which is in the 16th leading place for survival games.
Kevin Poland set up Danilio Duhai for the winning goal (45+25) in the long overtime of the first half following the fans' protest.
Wolfsburg with a sixth round in a row without a win.
German league 2023/24
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Leverkusen
21
17
4
0
14-55
55
2
Bayern Munich
21
16
2
3
22-59
50
3
Stuttgart
20
13
1
6
26-46
40
4
Dortmund
21
11
7
3
26-43
40
5
multi.
Leipzig
21
11
4
6
28-46
37
6
Frankfurt
21
8
8
5
25-31
32
7
Freiburg
21
8
4
9
37-26
28
8
Heidenheim
21
7
6
8
36-30
27
9
Hoffenheim
20
7
5
8
39-37
26
10
Werder Bremen
21
7
5
9
34-30
26
11
Augsburg
21
5
8
8
39-31
23
12
Wolfsburg
21
6
5
10
33-25
23
13
Borussia Monchengladbach
21
5
7
9
41-36
22
14
Bochum
21
4
10
7
39-23
22
15
Union Berlin
21
6
3
12
35-20
21
16
P.C.
cologne
20
3
6
11
34-14
15
17
Mainz
20
1
9
10
32-15
12
18
Darmstadt
21
2
6
13
49-22
12
More games on Saturday
Borussia Monchengladbach - Darmstadt 0:0
Eintracht Frankfurt - Bochum 1:1
for Frankfurt: Moritz Bruschinski (17).
For Bochum: Omar Marmosh (14).
Werder Bremen - Heidenheim 2:1
for Heidenheim: Leonard Maloney (12), Jan Nicklas Best (18).
Leverman: Romano Schmid (19).
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