🎥 EtH debut ends in disaster: U20 side thrash Bayer Leverkusen | OneFootball

Erik ten Hag probably imagined things quite differently. In his debut as coach of Bayer Leverkusen, the Werkself suffered a bitter 5:1 friendly defeat against the youth team (U20) of the Brazilian club Flamengo.

By halftime, the German runner-up was already significantly behind with a 0:4 deficit. In the second half, 17-year-old Montrell Culbreath was able to score at least the consolation goal for Leverkusen.

Of course, the result should play a subordinate role in the preparation and Bayer did not line up in their best formation, but the clear result in the first test under Erik ten Hag is quite surprising.

While various own youth players as well as established professionals like Jonas Hofmann, Victor Boniface, Amine Adli or Arthur were allowed to show themselves for about an hour, from the middle of the second half Granit Xhaka, Robert Andrich, Patrik Schick or even Edmond Tapsoba took over.

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