Doan conjures up, RB breathes up
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen is in a crisis at the beginning of the new Bundesliga season. The completely redesigned ex-champion played a 3-1 lead in the 3: 3 (2: 1) at Werder Bremen. The 18-year-old Werder defender Karim Coulibaly met in the fourth minute of stoppage time for the much acclaimed compensation for the strongly replacement weakened outsider. A week after the opening of Hoffenheim, the false start of the Leverkusen is perfect.
Patrik Schick scored the 1-0 for Bayer in the 5th minute. The goalkeeper from the Czech Republic is one of the few key players of the 2024 master elf, who did not leave the club this summer. Malik Tillman scored for 2-0 (35th) in his first competitive game for the Werkelf. The US international was trained at Bayern Munich and committed to 35 million euros by the Dutch champion PSV Eindhoven.
The use of the video evidence gave Werder a penalty that Romano Schmid converted to 1: 2 (44th) shortly before the break. In the second half, Schick (64th) hit again with a penalty for Leverkusen. Werder’s defense chief Niklas Stark had previously fouled Christian Kofane and saw yellow-red (63.).
The fact that the replacement weakened Bremeners still make this game outnumbered itself shows the lack of stability of the newly formed Leverkusen structure. The Swiss Isaac Schmidt (76th) used a mistake by the new Bayer goalkeeper Mark Flekken just a few days after his obligation. The compensation fell by dusting after a slatted headball from Senne Lynen.
To Woltemade’s party: VfB cheers against Gladbach
First the transfer record, then the first sense of achievement in this Bundesliga season: VfB Stuttgart replied to the farewell of Nick Woltemade with a sporty exclamation mark and just conquered Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 (0-0).
The hustle and bustle around Woltemade, whose farewell towards England to Newcastle United, according to coach Sebastian Hoeneß, is a “bitter loss”, had an impact on the sometimes unimaginable offensive game of the Stuttgart. Nevertheless, after the winning goal of Chema Andrés, they were allowed to cheer up (79th minute). The Borussia lacked the necessary punch in front of 60,000 spectators to get the first goal this season.
Rained and efficient: Frankfurt wins in Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt started the Bundesliga season for the first time in 13 years after a ripe performance. The Champions League participant in TSG 1899 Hoffenheim won 3-1 (2-0) and underpinned the claim of a top team.
New signing Ritsu Doan with a double pack in the 17th and 27th minute and Can Uzun (51st) scored the goals for the deserved success of the Hesse before 30,150 fans, who had already shone against Werder Bremen at the start of the 4: 1 and were viewed by many experts as the sharpest Bayern hunter. Grisha Prömel (90.+1) scored for TSG.
With Klopp in the stands: RB creates the first victory
In the end, Jürgen Klopp was also able to applaud the first victory of the Red Bull show club in the new championship. A good week after the disaster of Munich, RB Leipzig defeated 1. FC Heidenheim at home. To what extent the long-acting 2-0 (0: 0) against the Fast relegation of last season can serve as a encourager, still has to be shown.
In any case, it was Christoph Baumgartner who scored the first goal in the new season of the Bundesliga for the Leipziger in the 48th minute. Newcomer Rômulo (78th) provided the final score.
