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11.01.2023eSports

#B04eSports: Victory and defeat for starters in 2023

The Bayer 04 eSports players have started the new calendar year with a victory and a defeat: Matchdays 16 and 17 in the VBL Club Championship 2022/23 were played on Tuesday evening 10 January. The #B04eSports team beat Hamburg SV early in the evening before losing to Holstein Kiel later on. Leverkusen are currently tenth in the North West Division with 19 points from 17 matchdays.
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The meeting with Hamburg SV represented the start of the VBL campaign in 2023 for the Black and Red players – and it brought a win for Leverkusen. As usual, the fixture began with a 2 vs 2 game. Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr and Furkan ‘FURKY’ Kayacik were on the controllers against the Red Shorts duo of Daniel ‘HSV_DANIEL7’ Dwelk and Steffen ‘FUNINO’ Pöppe. The game ended in a 3-1 win for the #B04eSports players.

Landwehr was then beaten 2-1 by Pöppe in the 1 vs 1 encounter taking the match to a decider in the third game. Kayacik faced Dwelk and the Leverkusen player clocked up an impressive 3-0 win. That secured first points of the New Year.

pointless against Holstein Kiel

The match against Holstein Kiel followed later in the evening with the meeting against the team bottom of the North West division ending in defeat. The 2 vs 2 for Landwehr and Kayacik ended all square at 2-2 and then Kayacik was on the wrong end of a 6-1 scoreline in the following 1 vs 1 against the Kiel player Colin ‘COOOLLIIIN’. In the third and final game of the evening, Landwehr was up against the Storks eSports player Florian ‘IROYALDYNASTY’ Wilhelm. That also ended all square at 1-1 bringing a defeat for the #B04eSports players.

Bochum and Mönchengladbach next up

The #B04eSports team are back in action on matchdays 18 and 19: VfL Bochum are the first opponents at 18.00 CET on Tuesday 17 January with Borussia Mönchengladbach providing the opposition at 19.30 CET.

Results on matchdays 16 and 17:

Bayer 04 vs Hamburg SV (3 points)

2 vs 2: 3-1

Landwehr vs Pöppe: 1-2

Kayacik vs Dwelk: 3-0

Bayer 04 vs Holstein Kiel (0 points)

2 vs 2: 2-2

Völter vs Kayacik: 6-1

Wilhelm vs Landwehr: 1-1

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