The first matches of the 24th round of the German Bundesliga took place on Friday night. The Leverkusen club "Bayer", led by a new coach, played at home against Bremen's "Werder". "Bayer" had a great opportunity to win at the end of the match, but a missed penalty kick led to a draw. In the 7th minute, Leverkusen took the lead after Kevin Volland's goal. The hosts managed to maintain this advantage for quite some time, but in the 79th minute, the visitors from Bremen scored the equalizing goal, with Claudio Pizarro finding the back of the net. In the 90th minute, "Bayer" had to play with ten men, but that did not stop them and in extra time the hosts missed an 11-meter penalty kick. Omer Toprak had a great chance to secure the win in the final moments of the match, but the opposition goalkeeper saved his shot. "Bayer" is currently in 10th place in the standings with 31 points, while "Werder" is in 14th place. Result: "Bayer" 1 - 1 "Werder" 7' [1 - 0] K. Volland 79' [1 - 1] C. Pizarro 90' Wendell ("Bayer") sent off from the field 90+6' O. Toprak ("Bayer") missed a penalty kick Standings:
