MNC 0:1 LEV | Borussia Mönchengladbach - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)

Bundesliga

Mönchengladbach – Leverkusen

0:1 (end)

final

Borussia Mönchengladbach

0:1 (0:0)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Friday 07.02.2014, 20:30 • Stadion im Borussia-Park (Mönchengladbach) • Bundesliga

		If someone likes German football, this was the match to forget quickly! Excitement only in the last few minutes, no nice play, only a few big shots taken by the teams. The first half was clearly nearly nothing, the second one was only slightly better. Leverkusen had more attacks in the second half of the match, they scored 3 points with this strange victory, when two reserve players got yellow cards being not on the pitch! Final results – Borussia Mönchengladbach – Bayer Leverkusen: 0-1! Thanks for attention! ---- (22:27:57)
		Game over.
	90+5	Last chance lost by Mönchengladbach. They saw handball in the penalty zone, but no reward.
	90+4	Interesting, Wollscheid had a yellow card before he could enter, remember!
	90+3	Kiessling left the field very slowly, Wollscheid is in.
	90+3	Mlapa entered the penalty zone on the right side, but chance is gone, Can tackled superbly.
	90+2	Goal kick for Gladbach. Maybe the last chance, but they lost the ball quickly.
	90+1	Bayer Leverkusen is possessing the ball continuously, leaving no time for opponent to score.
	90+1	3 extra minutes added.
	90	Stranzl and Hrgota again misunderstood, throw in for Bayer.
	90	The last minute of the normal time has just started.
	89	Spahic showed another excellent defence by saving to corner ahead of Younes. Corner is out of danger.
	89	Misunderstanding by Leverkusen strikers on the right, Gladbach can start one of the last attacks.
	88	Wendt tackled Kiessling superbly at a chance of shooting on the right.
	88	Raffael's strong shot was blocked on the right.
	87	Castro had a strong shot but inexact from the left, it was too high by meters.
	86	5 minutes left, Leverkusen is leading by a single goal.
	85	Counter foul against Kiessling, Gladbach can start an attack, but Wendt could not control the ball, throw in for Bayer.
	84	Double change by Gladbach. Arango and Xhaka left the field, Mlapa and Younes entered.
	83	Hrgota passed to Raffael to the right, he tricked and shot... a bit too high.
	82	Gladbach is passing at the back.
	81	Another reserve player of Bayer Leverkusen got a yellow card by the previous situation after not allowing to take a quick corner by Kruse. That's the reason, Kruse was so upset 2 minutes ago.
	80	Wendt shot in the middle, Leno boxed it out.
	79	Spahic headed a dangerous crossball out in the middle ahead of some strikers.
	78	Kruse got a yellow card after a little fight with a B04 player.
	78	After a grabbed ball Kruse had a shot in the middle, Leno showed a superb save!
	77	Stepover in the zone of Leverkusen, but the shot of Kruse was blocked in the middle.
	76	Chance on the other side, Leno jumped ahead for the ball the grab it ahead of Raffael in the middle.
	75	Kiessling got a superb pass from Hilbert on the right side, he shot from 10 meters, but it was 2 meters wider than target.
	74	Gladbach is possessing the ball, but the power of the attacks is still missing.
	73	Gladbach didn't give up, Derdiyok lost ball but got it back again.
	72	Kruse had a crossball towards Hrgota, but it was too deep, goal kick is coming.
	71	Gladbach wants to change the game now, trying to possess the ball more.
	70	Bayer is trying mainly on the left side, but the defence of Borussia is also very hard.
	69	Ball towards Hrgota was too long, Leverkusen can build a new attack.
	68	Sam is out, Derdiyok is in by B04.
	68	Son lost ball then fouled.
	67	Hermann left the field, Hrgota entered.
	67	No reward for Borussia or Bayer.
	66	A little bit of turmoil now after a foul. Kruse is one of them, Rolfes was pushed on the ground after his foul.
	66	Stranzl tackled Kiessling in the zone of Borussia superbly.
	65	Pass by Castro was too far for Bender.
	64	Leverkusen stayed in attacking mood.
	63	What a nice goal it was! Son had a pure opportunity and dealed with it.
	62	Goal for Leverkusen! It was unbelievably sudden. Sam passed well for SON, he could shot in the middle from 18 meters, the ball flew right into the net on the left side! 0-1!
	61	Total shots so far: 7-9.
	60	A pass found Kramer on the right at 18 meters, he bombed, but didn't hit it properly, so the ball went wide by 5 meters.
	59	Quite a few shots today so far, now Castro had a nice one from the left, ter Stegen saved.
	58	Kiessling fouled in the middle, Mönchengladbach got a free kick.
	57	Can shot the ball in from left, ter Stegen saved easily.
	56	Herrmann got a yellow card due to fouling from the back.
	55	Hermann had a chance to shoot at 15 meters with only 1 defender. He missed the ball.
	54	Leverkusen is trying on the left side, Jantschke deflected a trial of kicking the ball in.
	53	Arango got the ball in the middle, the first shot was blocked by a defender, the second one was way too wide.
	52	ter Stegen got the ball after a too long pass.
	51	Stranzl tackled Sam bravely on the left.
	50	Kruse wanted to go through the defenders, but stuck on one.
	49	Leverkusen started this half with possessing the ball clearly. Now a free kick for them, Sam was fouled at about 40 meters.
	48	Ball towards Castro was too long.
	47	Crossball from the right, Can got the ball and had a pure header, but it was slightly too high from 6 meters. It was a chance at the start of the half.
	46	We hope the teams will turn up the speed.
	46	Start of 2nd half.
		This match is far from being exciting so far. Only few chances and threatening shots. It was high time for the break. We have to hope for a much better second half, teams have to spin up their play. So it's still 0-0. Stay with us for the second half! ----
	45+1	1st halftime finished.
	45+1	Overhead shot by Rolfes in the middle, but he was too far, at 22 meters, no danger.
	45+1	Only a single minute added.
	45+1	Corner for Bayer on the left.
	45	Superb save by Spahic in the middle ahead of Kruse in the last moment.
	45	Leverkusen is passing at the back, then lost ball.
	44	Castro was looking for the way to shoot in the middle, but Kruse blocked it.
	43	The game still has not spun up despite the last minutes' slight chances.
	42	Rolfes got the ball after the corner, had a pure header at about 6 meters, but it flew too high.
	42	Son active again, tried to shoot, but a defender saved to corner on the right.
	41	Son shot in the middle at about 20 meters, the ball flew too high, about 1 meter higher than target.
	40	In the last 2 minutes Bayer tried to put some pressure on Borussia.
	39	Stranzl wanted to free his zone after a crossball, but he hit totally Son's leg and the ball bounced only slightly wide near the goal. What an indirect chance!
	38	Kiessling is yellow carded after a not-important foul in the middle.
	37	Defence work is great by both teams, especially by Gladbach.
	36	Raffael passed the ball well in the zone from the left, Kruse got it at 6-7 meters, but passed back, not exactly.
	35	Can was stuck on a defender on the right hand side twice.
	34	ter Stegen again very much out of his zone, kicked the ball out on the left.
	33	Corner not dangerous, Bayer is playing the ball very much at the back, Leno also touches it many times.
	33	Kruse got a good ball on the right, he shot a big one, bounced out for a corner.
	32	Raffael, then Arango wanted to kick the ball in from the left, but none of the attempts were successful.
	31	Arango took the free kick on the right side from about 35 meters, a defender headed it out.
	30	Can got a yellow card after a foulplay near his own penalty zone.
	30	Bayer lost ball after the superb tackle by Nordtveit on the right.
	29	As I see, the ball possession is by Borussia, but there are lack of big shots except that only one.
	28	Spahic fouled Raffael in the middle. Free kick.
	27	Arango wanted to pass for Wendt, but his ball was too long on the left.
	26	After 25 minutes of play, the match is 0-0.
	25	Leno got the ball back, only rare actions happen.
	24	Mönchengladbach mainly wants to build attacks on the left. Now a wrong pass prevented the chance in the middle. Raffael didn't get the ball.
	23	Herrmann had a wrong pass in the middle, Leverkusen took it, but the ball in was freed by defenders.
	22	Free kick for Bayer. Arango fouled his opponent in the middle.
	21	In the last few minutes the game is running mostly in the Bayer area.
	20	Long ball by Leverkusen was out of danger, Mönchengladbach can build another attack.
	19	Herrmann got the ball after the corner, he immediately bombed it for the target from the right side, Leno saved superbly! The first real action.
	19	Spahic passed the ball for an opponent near his penalty area, and Bayer could save only for corner.
	18	Son got a pass on the left, but failed to control it. Throw in.
	17	Teams are focusing on defence, absolutely no risk for attacks.
	16	Castro had a chance for a crossball on the right, but it was not exact, ter Stegen took it easily.
	16	Ter Stegen saved with his head outside the penalty zone, pushing his team mate on the ground with it.
	15	Bayer is trying to filter the attacks of home players already in the middle.
	14	Castro passed the ball back to Leno, the goalkeeper. The play is way far from active.
	13	We got the information: Wollscheid got the yellow card on the bench of Leverkusen.
	12	Nearly nothing important is happening so far except that one and only chance by Leverkusen.
	11	Jantschke is trying hard on the left, but Bayer defence was strong there.
	10	The previous event was absolutely rare! I haven't ever seen such a thing.
	9	It was out of danger, no one arrived in the middle at the proper place. Now a reserve player threw a second ball on the field, he got a yellow card! We could not see, who that was.
	9	First corner of the game. Leverkusen can take it.
	8	Kiessling nearly got the ball from Son from the left side, but a defender kicked it out.
	7	Arango kicked the ball across the penalty box from the left side, but no one followed the action.
	6	Bayer is playing the ball at the back now, trying to call the home players ahead.
	6	Bender looks to be okay, but still to be helped beyond the sideline.
	5	He jumped on Kruse's back and fell quite badly on his back. Looks to be injured. Hope, he can continue.
	5	Bender is on the ground, he fell very badly after a header. Game stopped due to this.
	4	Midfield play is common in the beginning, but now Borussia lost ball, Can can throw it in.
	3	Bayer is trying some combinations near the half-line, but failed to complete the last passes.
	2	Long ball towards Kiessling was too long, ter Stegen has taken it.
	1	Gladbach is playing the ball at the back at the start.
	1	Game started.
		Mönchengladbach is going to play in white shirt, while Leverkusen in black.
		The teams are walking on the pitch now. The game is starting in two minutes.
		Starting lineups: Borussia Mönchengladbach: ter Stegen – Wendt, Stranzl, Nordtveit, Jantschke – Xhaka, Kramer – Arango, Hermann – Kruse, Raffael Subs: Heimeroth – Daems, Rupp, Alvaro Dominguez, Mlapa, Younes, Hrgota Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert, Toprak, Spahic, Can – Sam, Bender, Rolfes, Castro – Heung-Min Son – Kiessling Subs: Yelldell – Wollscheid, Derdiyok, Hegeler, Öztunali, Guardado, Donati Referees: Meyer – Willenborg, Bornhorst.
		Welcome. Game starts at 20:30.

Commentary by

Kármán Zoltán

Goals & lineups

Goals: 62. Son

Cards: 56. Herrmann (BMG), 78. Kruse (BMG) – 13. Wollscheid (B04), 30. Can (B04), 38. Kiessling (B04)

Borussia Mönchengladbach: ter Stegen – Wendt, Stranzl, Nordtveit, Jantschke – Xhaka, Kramer – Arango, Hermann – Kruse, Raffael
Subs: Heimeroth – Daems, Rupp, Alvaro Dominguez, Mlapa, Younes, Hrgota

Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Leno – Hilbert, Toprak, Spahic, Can – Sam, Bender, Rolfes, Castro – Heung-Min Son – Kiessling
Subs: Yelldell – Wollscheid, Derdiyok, Hegeler, Öztunali, Guardado, Donati

Referees: Meyer – Willenborg, Bornhorst

Attendance: 53950