Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Dortmund 3–2.
Lukas Hradecky started 2025 with some great ghost saves. PDO
Even before the Bundesliga returned from the winter break, Dortmund knew how to fear the worst.
The entire defensive line of the local Borussia was on the sidelines either because of a virus infection by Pascal Gross due to suspension, so the head coach Nuri Şahin had to name a rare inexperienced sub against Bayer Leverkusen.
An 18-year-old who was promoted from the second team Almugera Kabar was planted as the left pack.
The youngster had a really hard time because the visiting team only had time to touch the ball twice before Nathan Tella half-volleyed it into the net.
The game clock showed only 26 seconds at that point.
A couple of minutes later the situation was already 0-2 when the free was completely forgotten Patrik Schick continued Piero Hincapié concentration on the network.
Hradecky excelled
Dortmund fans also fear that the Dutch star Donyell Malen sold during January to Aston Villa. On Friday, Şahin did not dare to name Maleni for the opening for fear of injury.
However, the home team got a narrow goal when the Leverkusen skipper Lukas Hradecky slipped awkwardly while trying to reach for the ball. Dortmund’s English star Jamie Gittens got to it first and lifted the game tool over the thrown Turku player into the net.
Julian Brandt does not understand what hit Borussia Dortmund. PDO
When in the 19th minute, Schick returned the two-goal lead to Leverkusen by continuing by Jeremie Frimpong from close range of the pass into the net, the first four shots of the match were complete hits.
In fact, you had to wait until the 31st minute to see the first shot that didn’t hit the target. Frimpong shot the ball well over with his weaker left foot.
Despite the lack of goals, the best individual performance of the match was seen in the 28th minute, when Dortmund Serhou Guirassyn a hard pull changed the direction Granit Xhaka from the leg. Hradecky had to change his blocking position in the middle of his aerial flight, but still got a strong hand in front of the ball.
– How does Luke do that? Exclaimed the narrator of Viaplay Tero Kainulainen after the fight.
Watch Hradecky’s ghost fight in the attached video. Bundesliga matches can be watched on VSport’s channels and Viaplay’s service.
The Finn saved his team for the second time just before the half-time whistle when he made the first save By Karim Adeyemi the bombing and immediately after by Maximilian Beier half volley
However, the latter would not have been accepted because the German was offside.
In the second period, the scoring crisis clearly calmed down. The only complete hit of the latter’s four-pointer came from a spot that was whistled after a var check, which Dortmund’s Guirassy surely buried behind Hradecky’s back.
However, the home team’s narrowness did not occur until the 79th minute, and its tension did not progress further during the last quarter of an hour.
Bayer Leverkusen won the match 3–2 and already moved within a point of league leader Bayern Munich. It plays its own match of the round on Saturday against Borussia Mönchengladbach.