Seoane establishes defensive alignment
But the failures, especially from offensiveall-rounder Florian Wirtz, have caused a small break. “We’re used to having five, six, seven, eight chances to score”said coach Gerardo Seoane: “But that’s not possible at the moment. It’s not the moment to play so offensively against such an opponent.”
Against RB, the best team of the second half of the season, Seoane had eight mostly defensive players in the starting XI. This is how the trained central defender mutated Odilon Kossounou to the right midfielder. This defensively oriented constellation, Seoane assured, was more due to the latter in the mix of situation and opponent.
Hradecky: “There can be no more excuses”
Next week at the bottom of the table SpVgg Greuther Fürth, which Bayer could finally shoot back into the second division, should things look different again. “Of course we want to offer a lot more offensively”, explained the coach. That has to be the case, demands Hradecky. One thing is clear: Nobody in Leverkusen really wants to get involved in a Champions League final against Freiburg.
“Normally we are attacking, that’s Bayer Leverkusen” said the Finn: “You haven’t seen enough of that for two or three games.” Which, the captain suggested, could also be a matter of attitude. “Today I wasn’t quite satisfied with the tension and the attitude”said the 32-year-old: “Everyone has to ask themselves. Do we want to play Champions League? Everyone can play football well enough and we actually function as a team.” Therefore it is clear for Hradecky: “There can be no more excuses now.” Not even the many failures.
Source: red/dpa