Xabi Alonso is unbeatable – AS.com
There is no human way to beat Bayer Leverkusen. Xabi Alonso built a car that is literally unbeatable. David Moyes’ West Ham tried and almost achieved it, but even after eliminating the new and reigning Bundesliga champions, the teams could not do it. hammers dethrone the aspirin group (1-1). Coach Tolosarra’s students played 44 matches without defeat, and this was one of the most special matches.. After winning the national title, Bayer Leverkusen is heading to the Europa League.
Xabi Alonso will reach the semi-finals of the second continental tournament, but not without suffering. The London team pushed the Germans off the pitch in a near-perfect first 45 minutes. Michail Antonio’s goal illuminated the area hammer and strike fear into the body of the Spanish coach. David Moyes’s pupils had it, and very clearly, but the score 2:0 did not materialize. Only one more goal appeared on the scoreboard, and that was just a minute before the end by Jeremiah Frimpong. And again in Europe, all the aspirin saved the horn. Daniel de Rossi’s Roma await semi-finals.
London Stadium believes
Denaturalizing and stripping Bayer Leverkusen of all the virtues that made them the Bundesliga champions for the first time in their history is what David Moyes’ men did in the first 45 minutes. The London Stadium, bursting at the seams, inspired the team to a near-perfect performance in the first 45 minutes.. Almost, because they only needed one goal to level the score in the first half.
The first chance belonged to Xabi Alonso’s students, but the first goal in the match came on the team’s side. hammer. Jarrod Bowen’s cross from the front, saved in time for the European tournament, resulted in Michail Antonio being sent to the penalty spot. The Jamaican’s header and the corresponding help from the visitors’ goalkeeper after a poor start led to the score 1:0 in the 13th minute.. The London stadium exploded. As the players left the field, we saw flames of fire on the grass, but after the goal, it was as if thunder roared across the London domain.
A few minutes later, the English striker himself, who assisted with the score 1:0, touched the second ball. hammers. Matej Kovar landed a kick this time. David Moyes ended up rolling on the ground after a clearly missed chance. The high and suffocating pressure of the room negated the use of aspirin. Unable to get out, playing from behind, Xabi Alonso brings on Edmond Tapsoba to defend.
What also required a “firewall” was the clash between both benches. Two members of the coaching staff, one from each team, were fired after a heated hotline exchange. And from the orchestra to the field. Tangana, carried out in midfield by Michail Antonio and Jonathan Tay, went no further, and Spanish referee Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez this time issued yellow cards for a walk..
West Ham sinking on the beach
Xabi Alonso didn’t like what happened in the first half and, with the introduction of Jeremie Frimpong and Victor Boniface, he managed to tame the beast that had awakened the London Stadium. In the dirtier second part, with less control over hammers and even fewer chances for both teams, Sanchez Martinez angered local fans. The London stadium protested every decision of the Spanish referee, who was dismissed at the end of the match with a loud whistle.
Just when it looked like everything was heading towards Bayer Leverkusen’s qualification but their first defeat of the season, Jeremie Frimpong’s forgiving heads-up minutes earlier allowed the German team to reach the semi-finals of the 2023-24 Europa League undefeated. In the 89th minute, after touching a local player, the striker’s shot hit the net, defended by Lukasz Fabianski.. hammers They have touched the feat with their fingertips, but this team is invincible.
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Changes
Edmond Tapsoba (28′, Odilon Kossunou), Jeremy Frimpong (45 minutes, Nathan Tella), Victor Boniface (45′, Patrick Schick), Angelo Ogbonna (46′, Naif Agerd), Amin Adli (67′, Alex Grimaldo), Maxwell Cornet (83′, Edson Alvarez), Ben Jonson (83′, Vladimir Kufal), Robert Andrich (86′, Florian Wirtz)
Goals
1:0, 12 minutes: Mikhail Antonio1:1, 88′: Jeremy Frimpong
Cards
Referee: Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez
VAR Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoechea
Kouaku Odilon Kossounou (4 feet, yellow), Jonathan Tah (30 minutes, Yellow), Mikhail Antonio (30 minutes, Yellow), Jarrod Bowen (71 minutes, Yellow), Zuma (78 minutes, Yellow), Kufal (78 minutes, Yellow), Exequiel Palacios (84 min., Yellow), Tomas Soucek (84 min., Yellow), Matej Kovar (85 feet, yellow), Amin Adli (89′, Yellow), Edson Alvarez (89 minutes, Yellow)