The premiere of Kasper Hjulmand as Bayer Leverkusen coach and successor to Kurrzzeit coach Erik Ten Hag was successful on Friday evening. In the first game under the ex-team boss Denmark, the German champions from 2024 won 3-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt and thus celebrated the first win of the season. The Frankfurter first gave points in the third Bundesliga round.
In front of 30,210 spectators in the BayArena, Alejandro Grimaldo (10th, 98th) and Patrik Schick (45.+4/penalty) scored the goals for Leverkusen. Can Uzun (52nd) only managed the connection goal for Frankfurt.
Victory with in the end only nine players
Because Bayer captain Robert Andrich yellow-red (59.), Eintracht played more than half an hour with a man. In addition, Ezequiel Fernandez also saw the yellow-red card in the second minute of the long stop time-so Bayer was only too ninth in the end. Gate number three still achieved.
It was the reward for a much more stable and determined appearance, including enormous resistance, which had not existed recently. Even though Hjulmand had only worked with the entire team on the pitch for the first time on Wednesday.
The next difficult test will follow with the Champions League start in Copenhagen on Thursday. Frankfurt has had to wait for a win in Leverkusen since a 1-0 in December 2013.
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