Bayer Leverkusen received a resounding slap in the face of Bayern in front of a home crowd on Sunday. The team of the Swiss Gerardo Seoane (42) is dealt with 1: 5. The supposed top game becomes a Munich festival. Seoane found clear words after the gossip: “We just have to admit self-critically that we weren’t up to speed today – especially in the first half,” said the former YB coach at the press conference after the game.
The first 45 minutes in the BayArena were some for the history books. For the first time in the 121-year history of the German record champions, they enjoyed the tea away with a 5-0 lead behind them. On the other hand, the Werkself also had a premiere, one of the ugly kind. Leverkusen have never before been confronted with a 5-0 break.
“The best team in Germany”
It was clear early on that it would be a difficult afternoon in football for the Seoane team. Shortly after kick-off, the Werkself were already behind. “The early goal was a blow to the neck.” After that, the “youthful madness” meant “that we wanted to make more progress after the early deficit.”
That ended in fiasco. Between the 30th and 37th minute of the game, the Bayern machinery ran at full speed and hit four times. “There were seven crazy minutes in which Bayern clearly showed us why they are the best team in Germany,” the Swiss told DAZN.
The half-time break as a release
«After the 0: 3 you hope that the 0: 4 does not come and after the 0: 4 you hope that the 0: 5 does not come. I haven’t imagined anything else ”, he describes his emotional world during the devastating seven turns of the pointer. «Luckily the half-time break came and we were able to collect ourselves. The players were totally bent. ”
In the second half, the Werkself tried to limit the damage and at least scored a consolation goal through Patrick Schick (25). Little consolation. “The win is absolutely deserved even at this height”, Seoane acknowledges enviously. He has to come up with something how he can get his players back up as quickly as possible after this devastating comparison with the League Croesus.