Left debut for Erik Ten Hag to Leverkusen »The first surprise of the new Bundesliga season

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A week ago, the Dutch technician officially debuted on the “Aspirin” bench, and then, the former champion of Germany won the Cup duel with Grosspach, score 4-0.

However, Leverkusen failed to maintain the same rhythm in the first match of the new season in the Bundesliga, giving up all three points right in front of their supporters.

Bayer Leverkusen – Hoffenheim 1-2, at the beginning of Ten Hag on the “Aspirin” bench in Bundesliga

The hosts started the match well, managing to score after only six minutes from the Start whistle of the Daniel Siebert. Jarell Quansah, the footballer arrived on Bayarena from Liverpool this summer, was the one who brought the students of Erik Ten Hag.

Hoffenheim, however, managed to return the result. First, Fisnik Aslani restored the equality in the 25th minute, and the final score of the match was set by Tim Lemperle, at the beginning of the second act (52 '), the decided pass belonging to the same Aslani.

In the next stage of Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen will evolve on Werder Bremen's field, while the Sinsheim band will receive the visit to Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Bayer Leverkusen – Hoffenheim »Start teams:

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1): Flekken – Quansah, Tapsoba, Hincapie – Arthur, Garcia, Andrich, Grimaldo – Maza, Tella – Schick
reserves: Blaswich, Lomb – Echeverri, Kofane, Mensah, Natali, Poku, Sarco, Tape
Coach: Erik Ten Hag

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (4-4-2): Baumann – trim, food, Machida, Bernardo – Kramaric, Avullahu, Burger, Toure – Lemperle, Aslani
reserves: Philipp – Akpoguma, Arthur Chaves, Damar, Moerstedt, Mokwa, Prass, Promel, Tohumcu
Coach: Christian Ilzer

Stadium: Bayarena (Leverkusen)
Referee: Daniel Siebert