Bayer Leverkusen’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 Genk – UCL News
Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Lars Bender has expressed pleasure at his team’s 2-0 win over Racing Genk. The Belgian champions made a trip to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 to take on the Werkself in a Champions League group stage encounter.
Lars Bender and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Ballack-c25270 were the two goal scorers for Leverkusen. Bender showered praise for his teammates on staying firm throughout the 90 minutes despite being put under immense pressure by the Belgian opponents.
He admitted to the fact that his side were forced onto the back foot by the underdogs, who were unexpectedly sharp in the opening exchanges. The player reckons that Leverkusen were below par during Wednesday’s game but vowed to make a strong return in their
next fixture against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881.
The 22-year-old also reserved praise for his manager, Robin Dutt, whose continuous support during the hard times indulged confidence in the entire unit. Bender told that the first 20 minutes were extremely difficult for the club but it was just a matter
of one goal that brought back the confidence.
The Germany international was confident of providing a tougher challenge to the likes of Manchester United and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, if they get to lock heads during the coming rounds.
While talking to local press after Wednesday’s fixture, the youngster enthused, “at Leverkusen, we're not used to losing three successive games. We absolutely had to win this game and it's taken a lot of pressure off us.”
He also told, “I don't know why http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michal-Kadlec-c25422 said I don't have a left foot, I don't score often, but when I do, it's always with my left. For the goal, I didn't think too much about it, I just hit it and it was a nice strike.”
Bender joined the Werkself in 2009 and has four league goals to his credit from 52 appearances. He wore his first ever Germany shirt in 2011 and has a single international cap to his name until now. The former 1860 Munich player has previously represented
his country at the U17, U19, U20 and U21 stages.
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