Bosz: „Amateurish. Not explainable. My responsibility“

Bayer 04 got away with a blue eye in the first leg of the intermediate round of the Europa League. With the Young Boys Bern, the Werkself was only 3-4 after a desolate first half and 0-3 intermission deficit, but even undercut Mainz by 2-2 from coach Peter Bosz’s point of view before half-time.

Following the draw against the penultimate league leader, Leverkusen’s manager had spoken on Saturday of the „worst game“ he had seen from his team since taking office in January 2019. He probably would not have thought that five days later he had to attend an even weaker performance of his eleven.

But what Bayer 04 delivered in the first 45 minutes on the artificial turf of Wankdorf Stadium was a single disaster. Two goals after corner balls, in which Nadiem Amiri and Jonathan Tah gave a very bad figure, were only two of many shortcomings. „We defended two standards amateurishly. And get another goal before halftime. This must not happen, „Bosz judged.