LEBAKUSENS, Germany (AP) — Alejandro Grimaldo scored from two free kicks, and Bayer LeBAKUSENS hit informant Aintrak Frankfurt 3-1 to score his first Bundesliga victory and gave coach Kasper Fulmand his ruler victory on Friday.
Hjulmand has led Leverkusen a few days after Erik Ten Hag was looted only two games in the season.
The morale-boosting victory came after the layoff of Robert Andrich Bigtain, despite playing the past 30 minutes with 10 men. Teammate Ezekiel Fernandez was also sent to stop time.
They started quickly. Grimaldo curled with a beautiful free kick in just 10 minutes.
Patrick Thick’s penalty came 2-0 on a halftime stroke after Nathan Terra was defeated by Frankfurt captain Robert Koch.
Uzun made it 2-1 early in the second half, but threatened to hold back the optimism of home fans when the comeback didn’t come true even after Andrich was fired for a second bookable attack in the 59th minute.
Instead, Grimaldo won with another great free kick in stop time.
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After manager Zabi Alonso set out for Real Madrid, Ten Hag was chosen to rebuild the team after a summer escape. Few players remain in 2024 from the Bundesliga and German Cup champions.
However, the experienced Dutch ignored his instructions on August 30th and was unable to engrave his authority on the players who claimed between them in a 3-3 draw.
He was fired and replaced by Hjulmand. Hjulmand had trained twice to prepare a charge to face Frankfurt, a team whose record after two league games had only been improved by Bayern Munich.
His previous experience in the Bundesliga was a short and inadequate stint for Mainz in 2014-15, the former Danish coach lost his job for over a year from the final 16 exits at the Denmark European Championships.
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