Happy Monegasque, served Leverkusen: Monaco wins thanks Ocampos (r.)
Bayer Leverkusen missed the chance to advance to secure the top spot in the Champions League. The Werkself lost on Wednesday against AS Monaco 0: 1, a draw would have been enough already for number one. Despite the defeat of the team of coach Roger Schmidt is not to take the first knockout round, but had Zenit St. Petersburg in the early evening already Protect the necessary assistance delivered in. 1: 0 victory over Benfica
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Author: Peter Hess, born in 1959, sports editor of
Actually, it would therefore have a very relaxed evening in Leverkusen football can be. So pleasant was the constellation for both teams so uncomfortable they designed the evening for their opponents. Leverkusen’s first with which they stunned by their fast, aggressive play, the Monegasque in the first quarter of an hour a few times. The team coached by Jardim began to fight back and chose not always fair means. Holding, locks, blows with the elbow belonged to her repertoire.
Hard play
The Leverkusen could be no slouch long and moved to. Fuelled by some wrong decisions of the Italian referee Tagliavento the players lost the ball phased out of sight, but were more concerned about how they introduced the next duel at best. As she handed out the best and not pocketed. Leverkusen made it generally cut and thrust at least from time to compromise to the Monegasque goal.
Lars Bender was the 1: 0 after 26 minutes the next, as he shot the ball after an involuntary headed pass from Abdennour the bar. But Calhanoglu and Spahic’s header had pretty good options for Bayer. In contrast, the AS Monaco remained not stand a chance in the first half. The Leverkusen keeper Leno did not even come to the rescue. In the storm of AS Monaco Dimitar Berbatov gave a sad picture. The Bulgarian, now 35 years old, had apparently made against his old team a lot. But Berbatov was hardly ever the ball, because of many bad Zuspiele, but also because of its lack of assertiveness. Scolding and quarreling he ran across the square. Over the second half, the whole calmed a bit.
The players got better care for one another. The quality of the game did surprisingly not good. Leverkusen were not able to convert their possession into chances coins. They made it easy often complicated. Sometimes, because the look for further stationed players missing, sometimes because the close-knit Monegasque defense forced them. As in the first half, made a gross error of the opponent as the best way for the Werkself. Bender conquered in the penalty edge of the ball, put Drmic, but for the Son has come into play striker shot past the target.
That evening, however, was defensive strength more important than a compelling Storm game. The 0: 0 Leverkusen had enough to top the group. But not even that succeeded. With the first shot Monaco scored the 1: 0. Berbatov had prevailed for once on the wing and his cross was transformed substitute for Ocampos goal of the night
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In the last 20 minutes, Leverkusen struggled honestly, but to go it alone by Drmic, they did not bring into existence much dangerous. Too busy, too imprecise acted Leverkusen. As a consolation remains the standings. With a win in their final group game against Benfica Lisbon slip against Monaco would be repaid and the group victory perfectly.
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