Leverkusen - After he had overcome in the second experiment, Schalke's Manuel Neuer was no joy in his eyes to see.
A brief fist, a hineingebrülltes in itself yes ", then plodded Leverkusen's Theofanis Gekas after offsetting against the Royal Blues Direction touchline. Significantly, he pointed to his black armband.
The Greeks wore crape - and scored his sad goal. "It's for my compatriots in Greece", told the Bundesliga top scorer for his second goal in Bayer's Dress.
With the horror of the national team in recent weeks has seen how the devastating forest fires cause billions of damage in his homeland. A national disaster that can not be a Greek abroad indifferent. "It give me great pleasure to those found people at home can."
Still, the situation in Leverkusen look much rosier. "I am very pleased with how everything developed here. The first games were difficult, because we did not have the luck, "says the Goalgetter.Das draw at Schalke was an important clue. "This was a very important point for us," says Gekas. "It is now running at last. We are becoming safer. "
Also know as the Leverkusen: Over there is one who makes. "We never doubted him," says Bayer sporting director Rudi Voeller. "Now, the node has burst," says Managing Director Wolfgang and wooden houses. "Gekas is a guy like Pippo Inzaghi. Perhaps he has a couple of times on the sidelines, has bad combat values. But when it really matters, then he is there and makes his goal. Thus, a striker we were looking for. "
