Chapter 122 Chapter 122 The most profound experience
Although the main central defender Friedrich and forward Deldiyok were resting, Leverkusen gave the visiting Hannover 96 a clean 3-0 victory at home!
After the game, Kiessling, who scored two goals, did not have the highest score of the game. Kroos was named the best player of the game with the highest pass success rate of 90% and two through pass assists. When Heynckes ran to the press conference, he shouted at his assistant coach, "Tell Voller to find a way to keep Toni Kroos for me next season!"
Heynckes' contract with Bayer Leverkusen is for two years. Next season, the old man will continue to lead these half-grown kids from Bayer Leverkusen who make trouble in the locker room every day to compete in the Bundesliga.
Leverkusen and Bayern Munich both won big in this round of the league, but Schalke lost 0-1 to Hertha Berlin away from home, and can basically be declared out of the Bundesliga championship race.
In the 33rd round of the Bundesliga, Leverkusen faced Hertha Berlin, who had just bombarded Shakhtar Donetsk, and won a narrow 1-0 victory, while Bayern easily defeated Bochum 3-1.
The suspense of the Bundesliga championship was completely left to the last round of the league.
In the 34th round, both sides started the game at the same time. Bayern's opponent is still Hertha Berlin. The unlucky Berlin team was originally hovering in the relegation zone. At the beginning, they were thinking whether they could try their best to get to the third from the bottom. As a result, in the last three games, they were very lucky to encounter the top three teams in the Bundesliga. Relegation was confirmed before this game was even played.
Leverkusen's opponent is Borussia Mönchengladbach, who is currently ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga. If Leverkusen wants to win the championship, in addition to winning this game, it also needs to hope that Bayern will make mistakes. They are currently only two points behind.
There is a young player in Borussia Mönchengladbach's team who has attracted the attention of many scouts, the little rocket Reus.
In the player tunnel, seeing this guy with extremely white skin and a crooked mouth that looks like he is always grinning, Leandri is ready to make sure the opponent does not score a goal today.
In addition to competing with Bayern for the championship, Leandri also vaguely remembered a video he had seen on TikTok before. It seemed that this person later cooperated with his husband in a certain game. Based on his understanding of CP sister, wouldn't he be very angry?
For Borussia Mönchengladbach, no matter how much they lose today, they will not fall into the relegation zone, and no matter how much they win, they will have no chance of playing in the European competition. Although they are playing with no desire, they do not want to be forced to sacrifice themselves and become Leverkusen's three points.
In the 13th minute, Kiessling scored a goal with an assist from Kroos. He is currently tied for first place in the Bundesliga scorer list with Wolfsburg's Dzeko with 22 goals in the league.
After Leverkusen's fans celebrated for their young man, they watched their players sweating on the field while constantly calling to inquire about the situation at Bayern.
In the 20th minute, Robben assisted Olic to score the first goal for Bayern. Bayer fans angrily asked why Berlin's goal post did not stand up today.
At the end of the first half, the players walked into the player tunnel. They already knew that Bayern was now in the lead, but they said nothing and listened carefully to Heynckes' tactical explanation.
In the 59th minute, when the whole stadium was shouting "it's a tie", Leandri took advantage of the dead ball phase to make a 1-1 gesture to the audience on the sidelines and received a burst of "ja" in confirmation.
The Bayer players couldn't help but clench their fists and said, "Big brother Berlin, please beat Bayern quickly, so that you will have more face when you play in the Bundesliga!"
Reus took advantage of the moment when everyone in Bayer Leverkusen was a little distracted and kicked the ball quickly, aiming directly at Leverkusen's goal. Fortunately, Leandri saved the ball in front of the goal again, otherwise they would have to hand over the championship to others before they could be happy for even a minute.
"Don't think too much, let's win this game first!" Heynckes shouted to the players on the field.
Even if Bayern was tied 1-1 by Hertha Berlin, they would not be able to win the game. Before the start of this game, Bayern's goal difference was only 2 more than theirs! That is to say, if Bayern draws, Leverkusen must score three goals and not be breached by the opponent in order to win the championship, because when the two sides have the same goal difference, the number of goals will be considered, and in this regard Leverkusen is still behind Bayern.
The players on the field also knew this and attacked desperately. Leandri even took the initiative to let both full-backs attack.
Defense? For Leverkusen, this game is either a big win or the biggest loser!
In the 65th minute, Kiessling headed in a cross from Barnetta in front of the goal, extending the score to 2-0!
In the 70th minute, Vidal's long-range shot penetrated Borussia Mönchengladbach's goal, 3-0, they did it!
But before they could be happy for long, there was a sudden sigh of frustration and faint crying from the Leverkusen fans on the sidelines.
In the 74th minute, Thomas Muller assisted Robben to extend Bayern's victory.
In the 87th minute, Klose, who had just come on as a substitute, assisted Robben again. Bayern beat Hertha Berlin 3-1 away and once again established their position as the Bundesliga leader.
The referee blew the whistle to end the game. Although Kiessling won the Bundesliga Golden Boot for the first time with 23 goals, he couldn't be happy at all. Leandri sat on the grass against the goal post, while Banetta and Rolfes stood on the field with their hands on their hips and sighed.
"We still have a chance. Let's win the championship together next season." Leandri looked up and saw Kroos squatting in front of him looking at him.
"Almost." Leandri buried his head in Cross's arms.
Leandri even felt that if he had been eliminated early, he would not have felt so bad, but it happened to be the last game, they happened to have had hope once, they happened to have done it.
Heynckes hugged his players one by one, and finally walked to the goalkeeper with red eyes. "Although it is painful to experience this kind of thing early, it will become the most memorable experience in your sports career. Cheer up, Ryan, we still have the German Cup final, and we still have next season!"
After losing the German Cup, Leverkusen prepared for the game again. Heynckes asked the players not to read media news before the end of the German Cup.
Many media outlets mocked that Leverkusen would repeat the experience of being the "three runners-up" and continue to be the "double runner-up" this season!
The team was unlucky enough to lose the championship title in the second half of the league, and had to meet the stringent requirement of regaining the title in the last game, but Bayern was unwilling to let others enjoy the delicious salad plate.
The day before the German Cup final, Bayern had even raised the flag of the treble: they had already won the Bundesliga, and they had reached the finals of the German Cup and the Champions League!
On May 15, the German Cup final officially kicked off at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.
Under the grateful gazes of everyone, Leandri continued to draw lots for the whole team. Looking at the ten players in the starting lineup who had good lots except himself, he announced in a very exaggerated tone that Leverkusen would definitely win today!
The starting lineups for both teams have been announced, with Bayern's central defender combination being Van Buyten and Demichelis. This central defender duo has been injured either one or the other since the second half of the league, and it was a rare sight to see them both start together today. In addition, Adler was injured again some time ago. Not only was he unable to play in the Champions League and German Cup, he also bid farewell to the opportunity to compete in the World Cup with the national team in the summer.
In the player tunnel, before the players lined up, Muller grinned and talked to Leandri and Kroos for a while, and there was no mentality that the two sides were about to fight to the death.
Ram wanted to pull his man back, but he found that the opponent's goalkeeper was listening with great interest and even agreed to play sheep's head cards together after the game. Ram hesitated for a while and decided not to be a bad guy, but he was a little itchy and wanted to ask Muller if he was short of people to play cards later, and if so, could he be called.
The game officially began with the referee's whistle.
Lahm has played very steadily this season, and it is difficult for Kiessling and Kroos to penetrate his defense and threaten the goal. In addition, Robben and Ribery frequently caused trouble to Leverkusen's defense on the left and right wing.
Friedrich returned to the starting position today. The opposing forward line is not much less aggressive than us. If we lose a salad bowl, you will never be able to take the German Cup from us!
In the 7th minute of the game, Van Bommel passed the ball to Muller who was running forward in the middle.
Muller continued to dribble the ball forward, and when the defense line approached, he passed the ball to Ribery, but unfortunately Friedrich, who was possessed by "Emperor Ribery" again, blocked it with his body, and Leverkusen quickly launched a counterattack!
But after a few passes, as soon as the ball reached Kiessling's feet, Lahm pressed closely and poked the ball out between his legs at the sideline.
In the 15th minute, Robben cut in from the right and shot from 25 yards!
Leandri didn't make much movement. He took a look and felt that there was a high probability that the ball would go wide of the goal, and the result was just as he had judged.
Castro intercepted Robben's dribbling ball and passed it to Banetta.
Banetta made a cross from the bottom and accurately found Deldiyok in the penalty area. The latter jumped up with Van Buyten on his shoulders and lightly touched the ball with his head in the air. It was not an attack, but a pass!
It's a pity that this deceptive header not only fooled Bayern, but also fooled his teammates. Kiessling did not expect Deldiyok to pass the ball to him and did not move forward at all.
The two teams constantly switched offense and defense and fought fiercely at a fast pace.
In the 37th minute, Castro pulled Robben who was dribbling the ball on the wing, and the Little Flying Man fell to the ground. Fortunately, this was outside the penalty area, and the referee decisively gave Castro a yellow card.
Leandri directed everyone to form a human wall, and he himself stood in the center of the goal.
Robben took the free kick himself, ran up and kicked the ball!
He did not choose to cooperate with his teammates, but shot directly with great confidence!
Leandri quickly flew to the right to save the ball!
Bang!
The ball hit Leandri's fists and returned to the penalty area.
Muller smelled the opportunity at the first moment, ran to the landing point in two steps, and kicked it directly.
Leandri cursed Muller in his heart for smiling off the field and really taking the opportunity to kick him to death. Then he quickly adjusted his body to the left and barely pressed the ball under himself in front of the goal line.
"Robben's direct free kick was very beautiful, but Leandri was in very good form today and he caught the spot of the shot."
"Müller's follow-up shot was actually very clever. Seeing Leandri fall to the ground, he did not choose to shoot a half-high ball to the top corner, but poked a flat ball, which made it very difficult for the goalkeeper to save."
“I have to say that Leandri’s reaction was really quick. He stood up quickly and made a reverse save immediately!”
"So the role of a good goalkeeper is really obvious on the field."
In the first half, both teams played offensive football, but unfortunately the defenses on both sides were very good and the game ended in a goalless draw after 45 minutes.
On the way back to the tunnel. Ryan Deli heard a little girl wearing a mini No. 1 jersey ask him weakly, "Ryan. Can we win? I want Leverkusen to win the championship."
Leandri took off his jersey and handed it over, "I will, little princess."
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