Leiria 3:2 Leverkusen There Was Great Battle

With a 3-1 lead from the first leg, it appeared that Michael Skibbe’s side had the easiest task of all four German teams going into the second legs.

The Werkself eventually lost 3-2 to the Portuguese side, but went through 5-4 on aggregate. The home side made a lightning start taking the lead after only 3 minutes through Brazilian striker Cadu.

Michal Papadopoulos equalised for the German side after 12 minutes with a right-footed shot following good work from Simon Rolfes.

The equaliser didn’t steady the visiting team and they found themselves behind again within the first fifteen minutes with Joao Paulo shooting home after a good knock on from Cadu.

With the aggregate score standing at 4-3 to Leverkusen, one more goal from the home side would have sent the game into extra time. However an 88th minute goal from Stefan Kießling made the game safe for Bayer, although Leiria were not finished.

The Portuguese side continued to press forward and scored a third goal four minutes into stoppage time through Laranjeiro.