14
21:15
Bitter for Ferencváros: Wingo is actually unable to continue playing due to an injury to his rear thigh and has to leave the field after less than 15 minutes. Marquinhos takes his place on the lawn.
14
21:14
Marquinhos is a substitute at Ferencvárosi TC
14
21:13
Henry Wingo is off the bench for Ferencvárosi TC
11.
21:13
Bakker gets through on the left because Wingo suddenly has muscular problems in the running duel and he has to let the Leverkusen player run. Bakker’s low cross was intercepted at the first post – Azmoun had been waiting for the low pass in the centre.
8th.
21:10
Ferencváros is going offensive for the first time and that could have been dangerous! Diaby has to help out in his own penalty area and clears the ball in front of Čivić’s feet. The full-back takes the ball directly from the second row and misses the goal by almost a meter with his tight shot.
6.
21:07
It couldn’t have started any better for Leverkusen! After going behind, the hosts’ fans fell silent and Bayer immediately took over the scepter in the cauldron.
3.
21:03
Tooor for Bayer Leverkusen, 0:1 by Moussa Diaby
This is the Werkself’s lightning start! Ferencvaros runs in front and Leverkusen overturns the entire defense with a high ball – Diaby takes the ball on the halfway line on his right side, picks up the pace and has clear speed advantages against Knoester. The Frenchman moves into the penalty area, looks in the middle to see if anyone has followed and then decides on a flat shot, which makes it 1-0 in the box.
1.
21:01
The ball rolls! Leverkusen plays in red and black, Ferencvaros wears white jerseys with black stripes.
20:57
The atmosphere in Budapest does what it says on the tin: while the teams walk in, a choreo is performed throughout the stadium – the fans are excited for this second leg and in a few moments we will see how the players are doing on the field.
20:47
By the way, getting into the quarter-finals would bring Leverkusen a big step closer to a reunion with the Puskas-Arena. This year’s Europa League final is taking place here in Budapest. The winner will be crowned in this stadium on May 31, 2023 and Bayer will certainly do everything in their power today to remain in the running for a ticket to this final.
20:41
Ferencváros is counting on the support of the fans tonight! Around 50,000 fans are expected, including almost 400 supporters from Leverkusen. For classification: In league operations, the team plays in its own stadium, which is significantly smaller – so it is usually played in front of 7,000 spectators. Now let’s take a look at the hosts’ staff: Budapest coach Stanislav Cherchesov also makes changes compared to the first leg, benching Botka and Marquinhos in exchange for Wingo and Gojak. With Traoré I and Mmaee, the most dangerous offensive duo of the hosts is also there tonight. In the league, 22 of Budapest’s 46 goals come from these two players. Hungary’s reigning champions and league leaders suffered a setback last matchday, however, as they lost 2-1 to Puskas Akademia. The fact that Ferencvaros even played half an hour outnumbered and still couldn’t turn the game around does not necessarily encourage the clash with Bayer Leverkusen. But who knows – internationally everything is always possible!
20:29
Bayer were lucky enough to beat Bremen 3-2 last weekend and remained unbeaten in their fifth game in all competitions. There are three changes in the starting eleven again today: Adli, Hložek and Kossounou were allowed to play on the Weser from the start, making room for Azmoun, Wirtz and Tapsoba on the international stage today. Demirbay, who gave his team the lead a week ago, is on the bench at the start of today’s game. Amiri, who played in the center alongside Demirbay in the first leg, is also not in the starting XI – he is out with a muscular problem. After their yellow card suspensions, Andrich and Palacios are back in action and thus form the duo in the central midfield of the Werkself.
20:15
The Werkself won the first leg in Leverkusen 2-0 exactly a week ago and thus created a good starting position for the second leg. Demirbay (10th minute) and Tapsoba (86th minute) were successful for Bayer – but overall it was a difficult game in which both teams were hardly able to create scoring opportunities. The Bundesliga team is going into this game as favorites due to the home win, but they have to be prepared for the cauldron called the Puskas Arena. The guests are aware that they have to be ready for this, as Xabi Alonso underlined again at the press conference.
20:02
Good evening and welcome to the round of 16 second leg of the Europa League between Ferencváros Budapest and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Kick-off in Hungary’s capital is at 9 p.m.!