The Werkself eSports team started the evening with the fixture against Rostock on matchday 25 - with a 2 vs 2 between Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr and Furkan ‘FURKY’ Kayacik for Leverkusen and the Hansa eSports players Henning ‘FCH_HENNING’ Wilmbusse and Levy Finn ‘LEVYFINN’ Rieck. The game ended all square at 1-1. The following 1 vs 1 against Rieck saw Landwehr win 3-1 and the overall result against the clear leaders in the North West Division was a draw after Kayacik lost 4-0 to Wilmbusse (0:4).
The match against FC St. Pauli was next up. Landwehr and Kayacik started against Kamal ‘FCSP_KAMAL’ Kamboj and Berkay ‘BERKAYLION’ Demirci with another 1-1 draw. Landwehr then lost 1-0 to Kamboj in the 1 vs 1 and Kayacik was on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline against Demirci.
The Bayer 04 eSports team are now eighth in the North West Division.
Last night’s two matches and all the future #B04eSports fixtures in the Club Championship of the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL) will be streamed live on the Bayer 04 app.
The #B04eSports team are back in action in the VBL Club Championship on Tuesday 21 February: Matchday 27 brings the fixture against Hannover 96. That starts at 18.00 CET and is followed by matchday 28 games against Schalke 04 (from 19.30 CET).
Results on matchdays 25 and 26:
FC Hansa Rostock vs Bayer 04 (1 point)
2 vs 2: 1-1
Rieck against Landwehr: 1-3
Wilmbusse against Kayacik: 4-0
FC St. Pauli vs Bayer 04 (0 points)
2 vs 2: 1-1
Kamboj against Landwehr: 1-0
Demirci against Kayacik: 4-1
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