It's a cowardly excuse...Ten Hach, I don't care about the preseason performance after 15 crushing losses to U20 teams

Jul 21, 2025

It's a cowardly excuse...Ten Hach, I don't care about the preseason performance after 15 crushing losses to U20 teams



Leverkusen coach Erik ten Hach does not seem to mind that he suffered a crushing defeat in his unofficial debut.

Former United manager Ten Haach, who took the helm of Leverkusen as the successor of Real Madrid coach Xavi Alonso, suffered a humiliating 1-5 defeat in a pre-season friendly against the Flamengo U-20 team at Estadio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the 1st (Korea time).

Even considering that Leverkusen has rotated its rotation to test young players, it comes as a big shock to lose by four goals to young players who have just risen to the professional level.




Leverkusen also invested key resources such as Viktor Boniface, Robert Andrich, Patrick Schiek, Granit Saka, Alex Grimaldo and Edmond Topsova during the rotation to have some power. This was the first friendly match between Ten Hag since he took office.

The game was already tilted in the first half. Leverkusen, which gave up four goals in the first half alone, only recovered one goal in the second half.

It's a cowardly excuse...Ten Hach, I don't care about the preseason performance after 15 crushing losses to U20 teams
In response, some fans searched for the Leverkusen team's SNS post that shared the results, saying, "'Ten Hach effect', 'It is quite embarrassing that we lost to the U-20 team.'" Please buy us 'Leberkusen's man oil painting', 'Please buy us Onana, Maguire, Rashford and Antony."' showed a reaction of the back.




However, Coach Ten Hag said, `The results are not good, but I don't care about the pre-season results. It's absolutely impossible to lose by a big margin, but it's important not to lose a player (to injury)."

He made excuses, too. "I wish I had played this game a little later." It can be interpreted as meaning that the result might have been different if the team had met with a higher condition as it has not been long since the team convened.

Leverkusen, which won its first unbeaten Bundesliga title in the 2023-2024 season with former coach Alonso's leadership, lost the trophy to Munich again in the 2024-2025 season and finished the season in second place.




Leverkusen sent playmaker Florian Birz and wingback Jeremy Frimpong (Liverpool) off at the same time through the summer transfer market.

Midfielder Malik Tillman, defender Jarrell Quansa, and goalkeeper Mark Pleken have been recruited to make changes with the transfer funds of the two players.

Leverkusen will return to Germany after training in Brazil and play a friendly match with Bochum on the 28th.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.