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Bern (AP) - At the end of a crazy rollercoaster game with a negative outcome, Peter Bosz was visibly annoyed.
«My work is actually very nice.
The first half hour today wasn't nice.
They didn't want to be a coach for Bayer 04, ”said the Dutchman after the 3: 4 defeat in the first leg of the Europa League second round against Swiss double winners Young Boys Bern.
After a 3-0 break and a catastrophic performance, the Werkself turned it up sharply in the second half before conceding the decisive goal one minute before the end.
"In the second half we showed a mentality and proved that we are a team," said defender Jonathan Tah: "That we lose in the end is disappointing and a shame."
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Patrik Schick with a double strike (49./52.) And Moussa Diaby (68.), who had been substituted three minutes earlier, turned the game around after Bayer had already made the best offensive of the competition with 21 hits in the preliminary round.
Jordan Siebatcheu secured Bern with his second goal victory (89th).
After the setbacks in the league and the cup embarrassment at the fourth division club Rot-Weiss Essen, the Europa League is Bayer's last chance to win the title this season.
After just 20 minutes, the fifth place in the Bundesliga was 2-0 down on the unfamiliar artificial turf in the Wankdorf Stadium - and that was entirely due to himself.
Christian Fassnacht (3rd) and Siebatcheu (19th) were allowed to finish unhindered after each corner.
Meschack Elia increased after a gross blunder by Aleksandar Dragovic (44.) for the team of coach Gerardo Seoane, who was apparently courted by Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Even outside of the standards, Bayer initially acted chaotically.
Bosz had given captain Charles Aranguiz, who recently had to play more than planned after a long injury, a break.
But with the three technicians Kerem Demirbay, Nadiem Amiri and Florian Wirtz, the 4-3-3 system in midfield lacked the protective element.
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It was not due to Niklas Lomb, who replaced the injured regular goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky and made his fourth competitive game for the Bayer professionals, that Bayer were 3-0 down.
Bosz switched to a back three at break and suddenly the game went completely in the other direction.
Bayer now dominated the match and the opponent, finally showed themselves to be biting and determined.
But it could still be defeated after the equalizer when Lomb steered a shot from ex-Bayern Gianluca Gaudino at the post and followed Siebatcheu.
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