Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Leverkusen out of UEFA

The game happened a little while ago and if you are a Leverkusen fan you may not want to relive it, but i am going to give my thoughts on it.

First off the game was boring. Hardly anything happened in the nearly 2 and a half hours that it lasted. Not because the teams played bad, but the opposite. Both teams had great defense and really put all they had into the game. The only goal scored was because it bounced off defender Topraks leg and into the goal. Leno would have had it had it gone the trajectory it was heading. Upsetting yes but he had good intentions.

That goal was fairly early on. The rest of the game had maybe 4-5 more chances but not much. Extra time eventually led to nothing. If you are familiar with the two teams, you know who was already going to win in PK's. Athletico missed their first kick surprisingly but Leverkusens Calhanoglu fired it straight down the middle, easy for the keeper. Griezmann scored, Rolfes scored, Suarez scored, then Leverkusen had Toprak go up, probably feeling like he needed redemption and he whiffed bad. That mistake and subbing Son off instead of Calhanoglu were the two big mistakes of the game. Kokes kick was blocked by a great save and Castro scored aswell. Finally Torres scored leaving Kießling with too much pressure, leading him to miss. Devastating to all Leverkusen fans when they had such high hopes coming off a 1-0 victory after the first matchup. If they continue to do well in the Bundesliga, they will get another chance next year, where hopefully they can make it to at least semi-finals.

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