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Berlin (Germany), Aug 20 (Ians) Bayer Leverkusen staged a powerful performance and smoothed the win with two first-half goals, upsetting Leipzig 3-2 in the first round of the Bundesliga.

Both sides traded attacks from the starting whistle on Saturday night as Benjamin Henrichs’ unleashed a hammer to test Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky in the early stages before the Werkself opened the scoring through Jeremie Frimpong who benefitted on Victor Boniface’s cutback pass in the 24th minute.

Leverkusen gained momentum and doubled its advantage 11 minutes later when Jonas Hofmann’s pinpoint corner kick allowed Jonathan Tah to nod home the 2-0 lead from a central position.

Leipzig eventually halved the deficit out of the blue in the 39th minute after Dani Olmo headed home David Raum’s corner at the near post to stun Leverkusen before the break, reports Xinhua.

Leverkusen assumed control again after the restart as Hofmann passed into the path of Florian Wirtz,...

Berlin, April 17 (Ians) Freiburg remain in the hunt for a top-four finish after securing a 2-1 comeback victory at Werder Bremen following the curtain closer of the 28th round.

Bremen took the reins from the starting whistle but couldn’t do any damage to Freiburg’s well-positioned defense in the final third. The hosts failed to create clear-cut opportunities for the remainder of the first half, whereas Freiburg came close only once when Vincenzo Grifo unleashed a 30-meter hammer to force Bremen goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka into action in the 26th minute, reports Xinhua.

The Werderaner caught a fairy tale start in the second half as Leonardo Bittencourt shrugged off two defenders before finding unmarked Maximilian Philipp, who finished off the counterattack to break the deadlock.

Unimpressed, Freiburg responded with attacks and got rewarded in the 67th minute when Lucas Holer flicked on a goal kick, allowing Roland Sallai to restore...