Sport Leverkusen Kapitän Hradecky
“Half of them don’t even know what Bayern’s result was against Mainz”
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Exuberance, self-confidence or a little joke? After the confident victory over Wolfsburg, Leverkusen’s captain Hradecky reported that part of his team did not even know about their opponent’s massive victory for the championship the day before.
Lukas Hradecky is one of the funny representatives in his industry. Interviews with the captain of Bayer 04 Leverkusen are often more than worth reading because the Finn usually deviates from the verbal sundry of many of his kicking colleagues. His word not only carries great weight with the Rhenish club, but also has appeal outside the city of 165,000 inhabitants.
In this respect, it is remarkable what Hradecky revealed after his team’s confident 2-0 (1-0) win against VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday evening. In any case, many are wondering whether dangerous arrogance or just healthy self-confidence prevails in Leverkusen. According to his captain, the league leaders are not concerned with what their rivals FC Bayern Munich are doing in the Bundesliga championship battle.
“I think half of them don’t even know what Bayern’s result was against Mainz,” said Hradecky after the win over Wolfsburg. With the win, Bayer restored their old ten-point lead after the Munich team had celebrated an 8-1 goal festival against Mainz 05 the day before.
Goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky (2nd from right) and his colleagues are happy about the next victory in the fight for the championship
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“That’s just the positive attitude that we have,” said goalkeeper Hradecky: “Everyone does an excellent job, then goes home and enjoys life.”
First championship title ever?
In the win against Wolfsburg with an advantage of more than an hour after the yellow-red card against VfL professional Moritz Jenz (28th minute), Hradecky was particularly happy about the calm and sovereignty two days after returning from an arduous European Cup trip to Azerbaijan his team. “We achieved a very solid victory after a long journey,” said the 34-year-old about the success that Nathan Tella (36th) and Florian Wirtz (86th) secured with their goals in front of 29,314 spectators. “And again it’s one weekend less,” summarized Hradecky, looking at the schedule.
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There are nine games left until the end of the season. And in Leverkusen the anticipation is growing to finally shed the name “Vizekusen”, which they once patented, by winning the championship for the first time. In the club’s 120-year history, the UEFA Cup victory in 1988 and the triumph in the DFB Cup in 1993 have been recorded as the greatest successes.
Now the season could bring something historic. It’s not just in the fight for the Bundesliga title that Leverkusen are in good shape. The club also has good chances in the DFB Cup (semi-final against Düsseldorf on April 3rd) and the Europa League (second leg of the round of 16 against Qarabag next Thursday).
