On March 5, one of the matches of the 23rd round of the championship of Germany was held. They met Bayer (Leverkusen) and Hertha (Berlin).
German Championship, Week 23
Bayer (Leverkusen). - Hertha (Berlin) - 4:1 (2:0)
Goals: Azmoun (12), Jeremy Frimpong (21), Diaby (61), A. Adli (73) - Lucebacchio (67)
Warnings: Jonathan Tach (75), J. Ngankam (75), Kenny (87)
Bayer Leverkusen defeated Hertha Berlin 4-1 in their recent Bundesliga clash at the BayArena. The home side started with a win after a quick goal from striker Sardar Azmoun in the 12th minute.
Their lead was doubled after 21 minutes after Jeremy Frimpong's goal. Bayer Leverkusen continued to dominate the game, and Frimpong was replaced by Timothy Fosu-Mensah in the 29th minute a few minutes later. Hertha Berlin tried to make their own changes, replacing Felix Niederlechner with Stevan Jovetic in the 58th minute. However, their efforts were in vain as Bayer Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby scored his third goal in the 61st minute. In the 67th minute, a penalty was awarded to Hertha Berlin, which was successfully converted by Dodi Lucebakio, but Bayer Leverkusen immediately responded with two substitutions, releasing Patrick Schick in place of Azmoun and Arthur Adly in place of Diaby in the 69th minute. Adly scored his fourth and final goal for Leverkusen in the 73rd minute. In the 75th minute, Bayer Leverkusen's Jonathan Tach and Hertha Berlin's John Cordoba received yellow cards. Bayer Leverkusen then made two more substitutions, substituting Pablo Hincapie and Florian Wirtz for Daley Singraven and Nadim Amiri in the 82nd minute. In the final minutes of the game, Hertha Berlin replaced Dodi Lucebacchio with Ihon Cordoba, and Marton Richter was replaced by Ivan Sunjic. In the 87th minute, Hertha Berlin player Ihon Cordoba was given a yellow card. The final score of the match - 4-1, and Bayer Leverkusen got an impressive victory over their rivals. Overall, it was a good game with some fantastic goals and excellent substitution decisions by both teams.
In the next round the following matches await the opponents: Werder - Bayer, Hertha - Mainz.
| Bayer | Hertha | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Goals on goal | 2 |
| 16 | Strokes | 7 |
| 3 | Blocked kicks | 3 |
| 10 | Kicks from the penalty area | 3 |
| 6 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 4 |
| 11 | Violations | 13 |
| 9 | Corner | 2 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 62% | Ball possession | 38% |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Saves by goalkeeper | 5 |
| 653 | Total assists | 393 |
| 568 | Accurate passes | 302 |
| 87% | Accuracy of transmissions | 77% |