With former #B04eSports player Marvin Hintz as coach, Sean "Sean_LDW07" Landwehr opened the clash with Darmstadt. He put opponent Piotr "POL_BEAST4" Wrona under early pressure and deservedly took a 1-0 lead after 18 minutes, which is how it stayed until half-time. After saving a penalty, Sean extended this lead to 3-0. Wrona did pull a goal back in the 67th minute, but Landwehr didn't concede any more and saw out a deserved opening victory for Leverkusen.
Sean's cousin Marc "MARC_LDW23" Landwehr naturally wanted to build on this victory in his one-on-one match. However, the Leverkusen player fell behind against Darmstadt's Kaan “XKAAN61_” Tuncer after just five minutes. There were numerous chances for both sides after that, but the next goal didn't come until the 70th minute – and it belonged to Landwehr! With this equaliser in his singles match behind him, the #B04eSports player was now more determined and crowned the cousins' play-off appearance with a late double strike and another 3-1 win.
As a result, the Leverkusen team have reached the final of the Virtual Bundesliga Club Championship for the third time in a row. This will be played in a knockout format, where the next opponents are Hamburger SV. It kicks off in the Hanseatic city on Saturday 7 March at 17:00 CET. The match will be shown live HERE on the VBL Twitch channel.
#B04eSports had finished the league phase in ninth place overall, missing out on the top eight - who qualify directly for the final round - by just one point.
The Germany U19 team were beaten 2-0 by record champions Spain in the final of the U19 European Championship in Wales. Bayer 04 players Montrell Culbreath and Francis Onyeka (on loan at SV 07 Elversberg) were in the starting line-up and played the full 90 minutes.
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Bayer 04 Women have boosted their firepower with the signing of Poland international Paulina Tomasiak. The 24-year-old striker moves to Leverkusen from Gornik Leczna in her homeland on a two-year contract.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed France U17 international Kenan Doganay. The 1.90-metre-tall defensive midfielder, who has Turkish roots, joins Leverkusen from the U19s at French top-flight club Olympique Lyon. He will initially train with and play for the U19 team.
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The Sports Tribunal of the German Football Association (DFB) has fined Bayer 04 Leverkusen €185,000 for spectators setting off pyrotechnic devices during a total of five competitive matches. This relates to four Bundesliga matches and the DFB Pokal semi-final against Bayern Munich. The highest individual fine relates to the away match at FC Köln at the end of April.
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