I am eagerly waiting for the first match of Bundesliga after the international break. The match will be between Leverkusen vs Frankfurt. Leverkusen did not start the season well. And Leverkusen failed to win in both matches. And then we saw that leverkusen fired ten hag. This is Leverkusen's first match with new coach Kasper Hjulmand.
Frankfurt is not a weak team. frankfurt is one of the renowned teams in Bundesliga. Frankfurt has won two matches this season and is in second place in the table. Frankfurt is in better form compared to Leverkusen.
An interesting thing is that leverkusen has won all their last 5 matches against Frankfurt. Although Frankfurt is not a weak team, but their past performance against Leverkusen is not good. So Frankfurt will have to play very carefully if they want to win this match.
The game isn't just going to be all about maintaining their fine record against Frankfurt, but it's going to be like a test for new coach Kasper Hjulmand. His predecessor wasn't able to uphold the status that Xabi Alonso left so it would be a lot of pressure for him. Bayer Leverkusen used to be a very strong team but under Ten Hag, they became a hollow of themselves and it's not just fans that would be hoping that something positively different occurs tonight, but I think the management as well.
Like you said, Frankfurt aren't a small team, even though they sold their talisman, Hugo Ekitike, they have still be pushing forward so hopefully, tonight would not be different and they would get over their fear for Leverkusen and get the much needed three points.
This is Leverkusen's first match after Ten Hag was sacked and it is a big test for the new manager. If the current manager of Leverkusen can bring good results in the first match, then Leverkusen fans will criticize Ten Hag more and praise this manager. Since the new manager and the responsibility of a big team will be on the manager, there will be pressure but the manager will have to try to handle this pressure very well. Eintracht Frankfurt sometimes performs well and sometimes their performance shows weakness, so this team must be considered as a tough opponent and the manager will have to plan accordingly. I definitely hope that Leverkusen will return to winning streak with the match against Eintracht Frankfurt.