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Monchengladbach 2-3 Leverkusen
But: Stindl (83e and 90e+2) for Gladbach // Bakker (21e), Adli (43e) and Amiri (67e) to Leverkusen
Finally the Xabi Alonso paw?
At Borussia-Park this Sunday evening, Bayer Leverkusen resisted a late return from Gladbach (2-3), to win one of their greatest successes in their complicated season. After a good ten minutes from the locals, Leverkusen took matters into their own hands and became a model of efficiency: following a post from Hložek, Bakker was well placed to take back the leather and deceive Omlin, before going to chamber the supporters the undesirables (0-1, 21e). Before the break, it was the turn of Frenchman Amine Adli to shine by doubling the lead, dropping Elvedi in the race, then winning his duel with the Gladbach goalkeeper (0-2, 43e).
Farke’s guys push to get back to the score at the start of the second half, but will be cut in their tracks by a new realization from their guests: having just entered the game, Amiri unleashes an unstoppable strike at the entrance to the surface and kills all the suspense (0-3, 67e). Gladbach still wakes up at the end of the game and opens its counter thanks to a nice collective action perfectly concluded by Stindl (1-3, 83e). The German midfielder even offers himself a double in added time when he sees a missile which ends in a re-entrant bar (2-3, 90e+2)but too late nevertheless to hope to return to height.
Reunion between ex-Toulouseans therefore turned to the advantage of Amine Adli and his family, who passed ninth, one point behind Gladbach, eighth.
Monchengladbach (4-2-3-1): Omlin-Lainer (Scally, 56)e), Itakura, Elvedi, Bensebaini – Weigl, Koné (Neuhaus, 77e) – Hofmann (Hermann, 77 years olde), Kramer (Stindl, 56e), Plea – Ngoumou (Wolf, 56e). Coach : Daniel Farke.
Leverkusen (3-4-3): Hradecký – Kossounou (Tah, 75e), Tapsoba, Hincapie – Frimpong (Sinkgraven, 90e+2), Palacios, Andrich, Bakker – Diaby (Wirtz, 75e), Hložek (Amiri, 64e), Adli (Hudson-Odoi, 74e). Coach : Xabi Alonso.
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