Bayer Leverkusen’s Lars Bender upset with draw against Racing Genk in the Champions League
Bayer Leverkusen midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lars-Bender-c21663 is upset with the draw against Racing Genk in the UEFA Champions League and has stated that his team could have easily won if they had taken the chances coming their way. The player was satisfied
with the overall campaign in Europe this season and wants to perform well in the knock-out stages also.
Werkself qualified for the next phase of the competition after they drew 1-1 against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 Genk in the last fixture of the group stage. The club finished their campaign in second place behind Chelsea and accumulated 10 points
from the six games played to qualify for the knock-out stage.
Bender claimed that he is unimpressed with the way the team performed in the last match. He insisted that a win would have taken them to the top of the table and they would have had a good chance of facing a relatively weaker team
in the next round. However, he admitted that it was a good performance by the team overall and is happy to qualify from a group which had heavyweights http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863.
“Of course it's sad when you can't make the most of the chances you have. We had a few opportunities to score, but we couldn't finish them off. Overall we're not massively disappointed; after all we did manage to reach the next
stage. That was our aim before the season and we're proud to have achieved it,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The German international said that team will have to work hard and raise their game if they want to go far in the competition. The player added that the team’s midfield has to step up and create more opportunities for the attackers.
“Overall we were good on the ball and had a few chances, but our final pass was often too inaccurate to cause Genk real problems in the box. That's what we were missing,” he concluded.
Bayer Leverkusen have a tough test ahead when they face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hannover-96-c39492 at the AWD-Arena on Saturday in the Bundesliga and will be in search of their eighth win of the season.
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