Embarrassment for ten hag
With coaching debut: Leverkusen collects clapping
07/18/2025 – 10:11 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
The first game of coach Erik Ten Hag on the sidelines of the Werkself goes thoroughly. Some stars can no longer change the significant result.
No start to the successor to Xabi Alonso: Erik Ten Hag saw a very weak performance of his team in the first test game as a coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. On its trip to Brazil against the U20 from Club World Cup participant CR Flamengo, which is fully in the game, the Werkself lost a hearty 1: 5 (0: 4) swatter. At the beginning of the month, the Dutch trainer started working as a successor to the Spanish success coach at the runner -up.
Despite players such as Victor Boniface, newcomer Axel Tape and Jonas Hofmann in the starting line -up, Bayer was 0: 2 behind in warm temperatures after just ten minutes. In the 58th minute a number of regular players from the pre -season, including Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo and Patrik Schick. At this point it was already 0: 5. Leverkusen stabilized, Talent Montrell Culbreath (70th) scored another goal. On the goalkeeper position, newcomer Mark Flekken (two goals), Niklas Lomb (3) and captain Lukas Hradecky each received half an hour.
In the second test, the Leverkuseners meet Bundesliga relegated VfL Bochum on July 27th. On August 15, the first competitive game in the DFB Cup at the regional league promoted SG Sonnenhof Großaspach is coming up.