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Pre-match reading
“Gedämpfte Freude” – muffled joy – was how the headline in Monday’s edition of Kicker put it, set across a photo of Borussia Dortmund’s players saluting a cavernous, empty Südtribune after their emphatic 4-0 Revierderby win over Schalke on Saturday afternoon.
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Florian Wirtz, an attacking midfielder who only turned 17 earlier this month, makes his first-team debut for Leverkusen. He becomes the youngest player to appear for Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, a record that was held by Kai Havertz, and the third youngest for any record.
Nuri Sahin, who holds the overall record, is on the Bremen bench tonight, wondering what happened.
Written by Rob Smyth
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2020/may/18/werder-bremen-v-bayer-leverkusen-bundesliga-live-updates under the title “Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen: Bundesliga – live updates!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
