It seems that the dream in Leverkusen It ended after the exit of Xabi Alonso Rumbo to Real Madrid. And is that the current Bundesliga champion He is already missing the hand of Tolosa's coach after the new coach Ten Erik Hag has debuted this Friday, fitting a painful hand (5-1) before the U-20 team of the Flemish in the first game of the German club on his tour of Brazil.
And is that the Bayer He left a fairly worrying image in his pre -season premiere when he was totally surprised a lower rival that showed great intensity, order and stuck in front of a Leverkusen totally unrecognizable with serious defensive mismatches and little connection in the attack. The absence of the methodical and effective style imposed in its day Xabi It became evident in just two minutes when the young people of the Carioca team destroyed the approach of the Dutch technician when Lorran He opened the can of the game.
Eight minutes later, followed the disaster of Leverkusen When Arthur scored a goal in his own door, while Matheus Gonçalves increased the account of the Flemish In 39 and Pedro Leao scored the room in the added time of the first half. Already in the second half, it was Gustavo Sousa who scored the fifth and final goal that would still leave the former Manchester United coach even more.
Given this humiliating panorama in its debut, Ten Hag tried to make up the result by entry to Grimdo, xhaka, schick, tapsoba, Andrich, palaces and hradeckybut it was too late to try to fix the poor image shown by the German team. Now the Leverkusen He will play on July 27 against Bochum, a team descended this Bundesliga season, his next preseason clash.
This painful defeat, even if it were in a friendly context, has already opened the debate between the Leverkusen fans about themselves Ten Hag He will reinvent the team after the good work of the Basque coach, who led him to conquer his first title of Bundesliga And he made him one of Europe's most admired teams for his style of play.
