{"id":75154,"date":"2025-07-19T07:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=75154"},"modified":"2025-07-19T07:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:31:26","slug":"erik-ten-hag-suffers-nightmare-start-as-bayer-leverkusen-thrashed-5-1-by-flamengo-u20s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/erik-ten-hag-suffers-nightmare-start-as-bayer-leverkusen-thrashed-5-1-by-flamengo-u20s\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag Suffers Nightmare Start As Bayer Leverkusen Thrashed 5\u20131 by Flamengo U20s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erik ten Hag&rsquo;s reign as Bayer Leverkusen manager began in disastrous fashion as the Bundesliga team suffered a humiliating 5-1 defeat to Flamengo&rsquo;s Under-20 side in a pre-season friendly on Friday in Rio de Janeiro. Notably, Ten Hag was sacked by Manchester United in October after a disappointing start to the 2024\/25 campaign.<\/p><p>The Dutch manager had spent months out of management before taking over at Leverkusen following Xabi Alonso&rsquo;s move to Real Madrid. However, his return to the dugout could not have started any worse as his side were stunned by Flamengo&rsquo;s youngsters in their first fixture the pre-season.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full-time in Rio.<br><br>90+4' | 5-1 | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FLAB04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#FLAB04<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/esquentaB04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#esquentaB04<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fz9MEK3dTw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/Fz9MEK3dTw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bayer04_en\/status\/1946294004917714971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flamengo U20s Shock Bayer Leverkusen<\/h2><p>The Bundesliga runners-up found themselves 2-0 down inside 10 minutes. Flamengo&rsquo;s Lorran opened the scoring from a swift counter-attack before a calamitous own goal from Arthur compounded Leverkusen&rsquo;s misery. Erik ten Hag&rsquo;s side continued to unravel as they conceded twice more before half-time through Matheus Goncalves and Pedro Leao. <\/p><p>After the break, Flamengo U20s continued to dominate and Gusttavo added a fifth goal for the Brazilian side. After conceding the fifth goal, Ten Hag made some changes to give other players a chance. He substituted new goalkeeper Mark Flekken and striker Victor Boniface before half-time as the rout unfolded.<\/p><p>Granit Xhaka, Patrick Schick, Nathan Tella, and other first-teamers came on to restore some pride. However, all Leverkusen managed to muster was a solitary consolation goal through 17-year-old Montrell Culbreath. The damage was already done and this heavy defeat marked a nightmare beginning for Ten Hag in Germany.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FLAMENGO AMASSA O LEVERKUSEN COM GRANDE ATUA&Ccedil;&Atilde;O DE MATHEUS GON&Ccedil;ALVES! 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Their first competitive fixture comes against SG in the DFB-Pokal on 15 August, followed by the Bundesliga opener at home to Hoffenheim on 23 August.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch manager had spent months out of management before taking over at Leverkusen following Xabi Alonso\u2019s move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":75188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[3940,3882,7084,6553],"class_list":["post-75154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-bayer-leverkusen","tag-bundesliga","tag-erik-ten-hag","tag-flamengo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Erik ten Hag Suffers Nightmare Start As Bayer Leverkusen Thrashed 5&ndash;1 by Flamengo U20s - 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