Super Eagles and Bayer 04 Leverkusen striker, Victor Boniface failed to score as he played 82 minutes in Bayern Leverkusen 3-2 win over Borussia Mochengladbach in the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season opener played on Friday, reports Sports247.
Boniface led the forward line, he played a total of five shots in the game but all counted for nothing as the Champions began their title defence on a winning note in the five goals thriller which saw the Die Werkself picking 3 points and 3 goals away from home.
However his Super Eagles teammate, Nathan Tella, sat out the whole duration of the match on the substitute bench.
Bayern Leverkusen who won the league last by going unbeaten threw a goal lead after Granit Xhaka it takes just 12 minutes to score the season’s first goal via powerful half-volley against his former team.
Florian Wirtz scored the second goal in the 38th minute to give Bayern Leverkusen a two cushion but the advantage vanished into thin air as Nico Elvedi began the fight back for homers in 59th minute with a headed goal.
Fans at the Borussia Park were sent into wild jubilation three minutes later as debuting striker, Tim Kleindienst brought the game to parity with a cool finish.
But the Champions find enough, via Florian Wirtz 102nd penalty goal to put pluck the three points at stake as the match extended beyond the 100th minute due to an extended VAR review of Gladbach goals by Referee Robert Schröder, which provoked a ten minutes added time.
The rest of the 2024/2025 Bundesliga week 1 matches will be played this weekend.
