During matchday 7 of the Germany – Bundesliga 2023-2024 tournament, B. Leverkusen won a comfortable victory at the BayArena stadium and crushed Cologne with a score of 3-0. The goals for the local team were scored by Jonas Hofmann (21′ 1T), Jeremie Frimpong (31′ 1T) and Victor Boniface (21′ 2T).
A great play by B. Leverkusen, 21 minutes into the first half, was the one that moved the scoreboard thanks to Jonas Hofmann. After receiving an assist from Florian Wirtz, the midfielder placed it to the left post and down. Impossible for the archer!
The best player of the match was Jonas Hofmann. The Bayer Leverkusen midfielder scored 1 goal and looked for the opponent’s goal 3 times.
Victor Boniface also stood out at the BayArena stadium. The Bayer Leverkusen attacker scored 1 goal and shot into the opponent’s goal 6 times.
It was a game with many frictions due to infractions committed in the open field. There were several reprimands: Jeremie Frimpong, Steffen Baumgart, Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah and Xabi Alonso.
B. Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso Olano proposed a 3-6-1 formation with Lukás Hrádecky in goal; Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah and Edmond Tapsoba on the defensive line; Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florian Wirtz and Jonas Hofmann in the middle; and Victor Boniface in attack.
For its part, Steffen Baumgart’s team took the field with a 4-5-1 formation with Marvin Schwäbe between the three sticks; Rasmus Carstensen, Timo Hubers, Julian Chabot and Leart Paqarada in defense; Dejan Ljubicic, Eric Martel, Faride Alidou, Denis Husenbasic and Florian Kainz in the midfield; and Davie Selke up front.
Referee Felix Zwayer was in charge of supervising the game at the BayArena stadium.
On the next date B. Leverkusen will face Wolfsburg as a visitor, while Cologne will play at home against B. Mönchengladbach.
With this result, the host of the match reaches 19 points and is at the top of the table. For its part, the visiting team remains at 1 unit and is in eighteenth place in the tournament.
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