Ibrahim Maza masterclass seals narrow Leverkusen victory against Freiburg

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Bayer Leverkusen defeated early pace-setters Freiburg 2-1 at the BayArena, with Ibrahim Maza inspiring the comeback and Patrik Schick netting the winner. The Czech forward made history on Sunday, becoming the only Leverkusen player to score in the opening six matches of a Bundesliga campaign.

Goals: 0-1 Scherhant 14’ (assist: Treu), 1-1 Maza 19’ (assist: Schick), 2-1 Schick 76’ (assist: Maza)

Freiburg came into the tie sitting at the summit of the Bundesliga table, having collected a club-record 13 points from their opening five Bundesliga matches. Head coach Julian Schuster made just one change to his side, with Keisuke Gotō replacing the suspended Yuito Suzuki .

Leverkusen's head coach Carles Martínez made five changes from the side's midweek Europa League outing, restoring Schick , Afonso Moreira , Moussa Diaby , Jarell Quansah and Facundo Medina to the starting XI.

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