Son Heung-Min and Bayer Leverkusen will be pleased to have claimed a superb win over opponents Atletico Madrid today at the Bay Arena. Let’s get to the roundup.
Statistics show that Atletico only completed 58% of their passes, which is the lowest percentage in a Champions League game this season. They have also conceded their first goal of the CL season. Bayer managed to keep 66% of possession throughout the entire match. Aggregate score 1-0 via a Calhanoglu goal in the 57′. Second leg will take place in March 17.
Interesting fact from fellow Tavern writer Steve Han: SHM’s pass completion was 93.3% against Atletico compared to his usual 76.3% in the Bundesliga. Definitely to look more forward to.
Roger Schmidt on his win: ” We deserved to win. You could see from the first minute that we wanted to make an impression in the Champions League, to put ourselves in a good position to get through and I think we did that.”
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Tavern owner interrupting, here’s Asian Champions League group game matchday 1 results:
Jeonbuk Motors 0 : 0 Kashiwa Reysol [Group E ]
Burinam United 2 : 1 Seongnam FC [Group F]
Wednesday February 25
Suwon Bluewings 2 : 1 Urawa Reds [Group G]
Guangzhou Evergrande 1 : 0 FC Seoul [Group H]
Good come from behind victory for Suwon, however K-League teams combined for only 4 points thus far. We’ll update this ACL section soon with video highlights…
And other news…
* According to an inside source, the UAE have won the hosting rights for the next AFC Asian Cup in 2019.
* Apparently, the Egypt FA tried to lure Stielike away from Korea to coach the Egypt National Team insead. Sketchy. Thanks to Jae Chee for this news.
Son played very conservative today. Always looked for the safe way out and lost the ball whenever he tried to go forward.
I agree. He had a high passing % because he only played simple short and safe passes. Son didn’t have a big impact on the game.
I was surprised how poorly Atletico played against Leverkusen. Is this really the same team that beat Real Madrid 4-0!? I thought they played too defensive and should have pressed more often.
I gonna go off topic again. However, since this website is called Taeguk Warriors, here are two documentaries on Korean history w/ English commentary. It’ll make your blood boil.
http://youtu.be/dOEeL69heTE
http://youtu.be/_ilTu3uNKMw
Thanks for this actually – I’m in the process of creating a documentary about my family – what happened during Japanese occupation and the Russian occupation on into the Korean War, escaping North Korea during one of MacArthur’s retreats (some of whom are unfortunately still there), and how my immediate family eventually wound up in the US.
Colonialism has been and continues to be a great source of problems in our world. One day, we will all be free.
Any insight on Stielike rumors wanting to leave Korea early being true?
Isn’t the former manager of US the current manager of Egypt? Is he not doing well?
Got sacked not qualifying for WC (got thrashed 6-1 I think by Ghana). Egypt fired last manager after poor AFCON I think.
Bob Bradley is now coaching for Norwegian club team Stabaek