Matchday 27 was first up against VfL Bochum. The Leverkusen team began with good prospects of an overall victory after Marc 'MARC_LDW23' Landwehr and Sean 'SEAN_LDW07' Landwehr beat Ali ‘PREDATORFIFA’ Oskoui Rad and Timo ‘TIMOX’ Siep 2-1 in the 2 vs 2 game. But the following two individual clashes ended in defeat for Leverkusen.
Against FC St. Pauli there was a 2 vs 2 for starters between the Landwehr cousins and Kamal ‘FCSP_KAMAL’ Kamboj and Koray ‘KKORAY34’ Kücükgünar, which ended in a 3-0 defeat. Marc Landwehr then secured a 2-0 win against Kücükgünar but Sean Landwehr went down 2-0 against Kamboj.
Hannover 96 were last up. The Leverkusen duo first lost 4-0 in the 2 vs 2 against Riad ‘ITSRIAAD’ Fazlija and Can ‘CANKOS’ Tuna. That was followed by a narrow 1-0 defeat for Sean Landwehr against Hannover’s Tugrulhan ‘YARONALDO’ Efe Yar.
The three defeats see the #B04eSports team drop from sixth to seventh in the table.
During the week, the Leverkusen team were in the first round proper of the DFB-ePokal, also played in a best-of-three format. The Black and Reds lost two of three games against the Bavarian team SC 04 Schwabach and are therefore out of the digital cup competition.
THE RESULTS
Matchday 27
VfL Bochum 1848 (W) vs Bayer 04 (L)
2 vs 2: 1-2
‘TIMOX’ against ‘SEAN_LDW07’: 2-0
‘PREDATORFIFA’ against ‘MARC_LDW23’: 2-1
Matchday 28
Bayer 04 (L) vs FC St. Pauli (W)
2 vs 2: 0:3
‘MARC_LDW23’ against ‘KKORAY34’: 2-0
‘SEAN_LDW07’ against ‘FCSP_KAMAL’: 0-2
Matchday 29
Hannover 96 (W) vs Bayer 04 (L)
2 vs 2: 4-0
‘YARONALDO’ against ‘SEAN_LDW07’: 1-0
DFB-ePokal Round 1
SC 04 Schwabach (W) vs Bayer 04 (L)
‘MUPINHO_KING’ against ‘SEAN_LDW07’: 2-4
‘GOOKU94’ against ‘MARC_LDW23’: 4-3
‘MUPINHO_KING’ against ‘MARC_LDW23’: 3-1
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