Red Bull Salzburg had no chance in the Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen. Goalie Alexander Schlager spoke of naivety after the bitter 5-0 defeat.
Alexander Schlager made a few saves to prevent an even bigger defeat against Leverkusen.
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The 5-0 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League was the third significant defeat this season for Red Bull Salzburg. In addition to the slap against the Germans, there was also a 4-0 defeat against Brest in the premier class. In addition, they had to admit defeat to Sturm Graz with 0:5 in the league.
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Goalie Alexander Schlager, who was able to prevent an even greater defeat against Leverkusen, had clear words after the game against the German champions. “I think that today against Leverkusen, given the way they played, it would have been very difficult for us to gain anything here, but especially the way we performed in the opening minutes – that was a bit too naive “, said the 28-year-old DAZNwho was primarily referring to the flood of opportunities in the first few minutes. “We don’t score any points internationally in this way.”
A lot went wrong for Salzburg that evening, but according to Schlager they were responsible for a lot of it themselves: “We strangely tried to solve it with the ball at the beginning and today they were just really poisonous in counter-pressing and kept having chances to score and In the end we have to say ‘thank you’ that it was only 5-0.”
After the defeat against Leverkusen, Salzburg only had three points in the Champions League after five match days with a goal difference of 3:15. With ten points and fifth place, the Germans can have legitimate hopes of promotion. “Congratulations to Leverkusen, a fantastic team, fantastic how they work on the pitch. Today we were shown what top international football is,” Schlager was full of praise for the opponent.
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