Despite a completely energy -free appearance, Bayer Leverkusen averted an unnecessary loss of points late and maintained the distance to FC Bayern. The defending champion of coach Xabi Alonso won 1-0 (0-0) at 1. FC Heidenheim on the 28th Bundesliga matchday and, thanks to a last minute goal by Emiliano Buendia, is still six points behind the Munich residents. Joker Buendia left the weak workself without star player Florian Wirtz in the first minute of injury time. With six points behind and the much poorer goal difference to the league leader, the chances of a successful title repetition are still low. After the 3-1 at FC Augsburg on Friday evening, the Munich team would have to pound in at least three of the six games so that the Werkself – with their own perfect yield – could still pass by. The team of long-term coach Frank Schmidt currently occupies relegation rank 16 in front of VfL Bochum and Holstein Kiel. Anyone who had expected a clear defiant reaction after the Desolate 1: 2 in the DFB Cup at Arminia Bielefeld at last year’s Double Sieger saw themselves in wonderful spring weather on the Schlossberg. Leverkusen did not look like a greedy Bayern persecutor, but rather like a team that has become aware that the stations of the remaining season are no longer the Olympic Stadium in Berlin and San Siro in Milan-but Heidenheim, Freiburg and Mainz. And benefited from repeated messengers from Bayer leadership player Granit Xhaka. After eleven minutes, Adrian Beck would have had to take the lead for Heidenheim after Marvin Pieringer had lost the ball to the Swiss Xhaka. But Beck just missed past the long corner. Pieringer, Beck and Frans got plenty of space for offensive actions in the first half hour. The work eleven survived after almost half an hour: After a corner, Xhaka hit the ball, which is why defender Benedikt Gimber came to the end of the angle – Gimber’s attempt crashed to the bottom of the latte, then at the inner post and from there again from the gate. Pieringer’s Heber (32nd), on the other hand, clearly went over the goal. Leverkusen’s only offensive bright spots delivered outdoor player Jeremie Frimpong, who repeatedly escaped in the right, as well as Adli, who had the only degrees before the break (23/38.). It was one of the weakest halves of the Bayer offensive, which looked without ideas and in places without a star player Wirtz. The Nigerian rotated into the first team for his rival Patrik Schick, but could not do anything against the Heidenheim defensive trio around Gimber. After 67 minutes and zero goal shots, Alonso redeemed his striker to the game without a bond. But even with Schick, who came to a end with a header (77th), things didn’t really go better. When everyone seemed to have been able to have come to a tie, the lucky winning goal was only achieved the happy win after 77 minutes.
