Bayern are second in the Bundesliga

Former Bayern player Xabi Alonso has rejuvenated Leverkusen since replacing Gerardo Seoane in October 2022. Thanks to his youth, his team started better in the match on the evening of March 19.

In the fifth start in the Bundesliga, the 19-year-old player who has just been called up to the German team, Florian Wirtz kicked aggressively. Moussa Diaby also impressed when he missed the post along the Bayern goal. And Jeremie Frimpong forced goalkeeper Yann Sommer to stop.

Not in the best form, but Bayern still have many dangerous shots. In the 22nd minute, the defending champion opened the scoring from a team-based attack. After the right cross, Leon Goretzka did not want to finish in the box but passed it back. Up in an unmarked position, Joshua Kimmich comfortably shot and sank into the net of Leverkusen.

The goal did not dismay Leverkusen. They calmly regained the position and organized the attack. Alonso's players only had 44% of the ball, but shot 10 times like Bayern.

Amine Adli failed to make a positive impact in the first half, but played an important role after the break. In the 55th minute, the referee issued a yellow card to Adli for falling over in a collision with Benjamin Pavard in the Bayern penalty area. However, he canceled the card and awarded Leverkusen a penalty after checking VAR. On the 11m mark, Exequiel Palacios tricked goalkeeper Sommer to equalize 1-1.

A similar situation occurred after 73 minutes. Initially, the referee showed Adli a yellow card for a collision with Dayot Upamecano. However, he again canceled the card and awarded Leverkusen a penalty after checking VAR. This time, Sommer guessed the right direction of the shot, but still could not prevent Palacios from sealing a 2-1 victory.

In the last 20 minutes, Bayern bombarded Lukas Hradecky's goal. However, the Finnish goalkeeper repeatedly denied the shots of Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane and Alphonso Davies.

Leverkusen successfully weathered the "storm" and won three points. Alonso's teachers and students are currently ranked eighth with 37 points, nine points behind the Top 4. Meanwhile, Bayern ranked second with 52 points, one point behind Dortmund. In the previous match a day earlier, Dortmund took the lead with a 6-1 victory over Cologne.

Dortmund taking the position of Bayern makes the 2022-2023 Bundesliga more attractive. In the next match on April 1, the two teams will face off directly at the Allianz Arena. In the first leg, the two teams drew 2-2 at Dortmund's Westfalen stadium.

In the last 13 rounds, Dortmund earned the most points in the Bundesliga with 31 points. Leverkusen earned the second most with 28 points.