Roger Schmidt has not made its appearance on Wednesday night for the first time as toxic tyrant on the outside line. The Leverkusen coach who always speaks so softly and quietly, tends to conflict in the coaching zone, which some observers last evaluated as a sign of lack of sovereignty.
During the equally entertaining and persuasive 1: 0 success against Atlético Madrid in the first knockout round first leg of the Champions League but his violent verbal battle with Mr Diego Simeone and a Spanish assistant coach had a function. It transported his core message for this evening at his players.“When the assistant coach since ever the Herrmann makes and constantly calls on any cards, then I will not put it,” Schmidt said later about this scene, and it is this type of valor, this toxicity, this intransigence was for Bayer Leverkusen been the major theme of the game.
One game that can be celebrated without a doubt be the best knockout round appearance of the elf in a European Cup competition for many, many years. Sporting director Rudi Voeller was delighted with a “highly concentrated power of all the players,” the team played with hardness and concept and a will to win, who had been missing in the past, often when the big games against strong opponents queuing.Schmidt has set out to combat this old disease, and lived this attitude on the outside line. That was important to him after Völler had indeed explained once again in this second round there were a “free program”. A pretty addition to duty in the Bundesliga. “It has been noted players today that they just see the Champions League not only as long program, but as a contest in which they want to stay as long as possible there,” said the coach.
This is new in Leverkusen that were excreted in the past five years, three times in a European Cup quarter-final and once in the round of 32 teams. “Bayer has since all eight games lost,” Schmidt said, and raised an indirect accusation that the rounds for years in the environment of the BayArena, but always have the team club management and of itself: that the team did not contest the European games with the required setting , “When you’re athletes and then not give anything to look like the Champions League to stay in a competition inside, the best competition there is, then I can not understand that I have the team said,” Schmidt said.Some players like Gonzalo Castro had been in all eight defeats on the court, “I have been hoping that he may, will, and this extra dose of motivation simply show times, today it is anticipated marches,” Schmidt said.
Especially in the defensive Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night had found a perfect blend of strategic skill, commitment and hardness. Emir Spahic, who was also hit with a shot of the crossbar, won all the major battles against the star-studded campaign last year finalists.
The full-back Wendell and Roberto Hilbert found the right balance in risky Pressing game that introduced Roger Schmidt has, and goalkeeper Bernd Leno got a world class evening. Have the whole team, “in terms of compactness, at the highest level” played, said the Leverkusen coach.“Today you have seen what lies within us”
This had to also grant Madrid coach Diego Simeone. “There was a lot of pressure when we had the ball, it was very difficult to play out of there,” he said, and this statement is likely Schmidt have very much. For here lies the core idea of his football that had worked well in the past few weeks Bundesliga. But this evening, the coach was pleased with “a certain maturity,” as evidenced by Hakan Calhanoglus results.
In that 57 minutes Karim Arabi Bell crossed with ball at his feet the field outside the box. He had the opportunity to shoot himself, but opted for a perfectly timed passing with a hoe on Calhanoglu holding the ball technically demanding further processed and flailed at the bar. “Today you have seen what lies within us”, Bell Arabi said.
Something mysterious remains, however, why the team finds this good balance between the will to win, competition hardness, tactical discipline and enthusiasm so rare. The players were just young, Schmidt says, “It is our challenge to show this maturity in all games.”The fact that the team’s atmospheric stadium Vicente Calderon in the return game will give everything should be safe now that the team knows how great it feels to see the Champions League not only as a pretty addition competition.
Bayer Leverkusen – Atlético Madrid 1: 0 (0: 0)
1: 0 Calhanoglu (57)
Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Spahic, Wendell – Lars Bender (68 Rolfes), Castro – Bell Arabi, Calhanoglu (87. Brandt), Son – Drmic (80. Kiessling)
Atlético: Moya – Juan Francisco Miranda, Godin, Siqueira (38th Gámez) – Gabi, Tiago – Arda Turan (64. Torres), Ñíguez (42. García) – Mandzukic, Griezmann
Referee: Královec ( Czech Republic)
Spectators: 29,079
Yellow-Red Card: Tiago for persistently tackle (76)
Yellow cards: Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Wendell, Lars Bender, Castro, Kiessling – Godin (3), Torres, Gámez
Shots: 11:12
Corners: 4: 4
possession percentage: 62:38
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