The match between Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr and Co. and VfL Wolfsburg started at 18.00 CET. Furkan ‘FURKY’ Kayacik and Landwehr faced Fabio ‘WOB_FABIO’ Immerthal and Bastian ‘PIPE CREW’ Rupsch in the first game. Leverkusen were on the wrong end of a 2-0 scoreline. Landwehr and Wolfsburg's Immerthal then met in a 1 vs 1 encounter with the VfL player coming out on top. The 3-2 defeat was the first reverse for Landwehr in a singles match in the current campaign. That result meant the three points went to VfL Wolfsburg.
Matchday eight in the VBL CC began at 19.30 CET with the #B04eSports team up against SC Paderborn who had just lost to Hannover 96 on matchday seven. The meeting with Leverkusen began as usual with a 2 vs 2 game. Paderborn’s Jonas ‘JONNY’ Wirth and Yannik ‘WILDSTYLER’ Büscher were up against Landwehr and Kayacik. The Leverkusen eSports players ran out 2-1 winners.
Landwehr faced Paderborn's Wirth in the second game. The 20-year-old Leverkusen player lost 2-0. The third and deciding match saw Mario ‘BULJI’ Lovrinovic representing the Black and Reds against Büscher for SCP. The clash ended in a 1-1 draw with both teams taking one point. The defeat against Wolfsburg in the early evening sees Leverkusen drop to ninth place on eight points.
The #B04eSports team now face two intense encounters: Matchdays nine and ten in the VBL CC are on Sunday 4 December. First there is the digital derby against FC Köln (from 15.30 CET) who are currently second in the North West division. That is followed at 18.30 CET by the match against the league leaders, Hansa Rostock, who finished top of the North West division last season. Both the Rhinelanders and the team from the Baltic coast have not suffered an overall defeat this term. Rostock are top with 19 points and the Cologne team are second on 17 points.
Results on matchdays 7 and 8:
Bayer 04 vs VfL Wolfsburg (0 points)
Two-versus-two: 0-2
Landwehr against Immerthal: 2-3
SC Paderborn 07 vs Bayer 04 (1 point)
Two-versus-two: 1-2
Wirth against Landwehr: 2-0
Büscher against Lovrinovic: 1-1
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