Iago's jack betrayed the Brazilian school, Florian Niederlechner's header betrayed the instinct that characterizes the striker.

Two FC Augsburg players who met on Saturday - for Bayer Leverkusen.

FCA coach Markus Weinzierl identified other fatal inadequacies in the performance of his team, so that he scored "two and a half own goals" with which he put the clear result into perspective: According to Weinzierl's calculations, the 1: 4 against Leverkusen was only a one-off one point five.

"It sounds stupid," he said, "but in terms of play it was progress."

Perhaps a trainer has to argue like this when he resolves “not to lapse into actionism and to follow emotions”. The numbers give cause to question some things. Weinzierl has been back in Augsburg for four months. The club, which he left in 2016 after the greatest success, participation in the Europa League, to pursue a career at bigger clubs (which he failed at Schalke and in Stuttgart), welcomed him for Swabian standards like Paris Saint-Germain Lionel Messi.

Weinzierl won one of six Bundesliga games across the seasons, the one against Werder Bremen on the penultimate matchday 2020/21, which 2-0 meant that he remained in the class.

But four of the five other games were lost, and the fact that the two home games of the new season against Hoffenheim and Leverkusen ended 0: 4 and 1: 4, the Augsburg team immediately plunged into the next relegation battle.

"Addressing things internally"

"Eight stalls are not that cool," said central defender Felix Uduokhai.

Unlike his trainer, he believes that it can't be trendy to just stay calm.

"We have reached a point where we have to address things internally and work through them as a team."

Uduokhai thought that could happen with the own goals.

They happened early, in the 3rd and 14th minutes, after which there was still enough time to turn the game around.

Through Niederlechner, the FCA hit the next goal (30th).

After a good phase in the second half, Weinzierl thought his team was "close to 2-2 against a Champions League team".

But Leverkusen is playing the Europa League, and the FCA managed to capture the 1: 3 from Patrick Schick from their own corner.

“We are naive, we don't stop the counterattack with a tactical foul,” said Weinzierl. The scene was half the own goal that was added to the two at the beginning.

FC Augsburg is the weakest attacking team in the Bundesliga, they have scored fewer goals than they have produced own goals. Sports director Stefan Reuter expects “quality from his own ranks” when returning from injuries, but wants to try “to achieve something on the transfer market that makes the team stronger”. In the last few days "crazy things" have been happening there. Almost as crazy as a 2-0 after 14 minutes with two own goals.