It took five minutes for Callum Hudson-Odoi to produce a first flash of the quality Chelsea fans have been hoping to catch fire at Bayer Leverkusen this season.
Picking up the ball from the left touchline midway through the second half against Freiburg, the substitute cuts into the infield and burrows in a cross that loops invitingly towards a pocket of space just outside the penalty box. repair. Patrik Schick backtracks to meet him, then returns a header at goalkeeper Mark Flekken to make it 2-2.
Freiburg won that game earlier this month, worsening Leverkusen’s terrible start to the Bundesliga season, but Hudson-Odoi’s contribution from the bench made it clear that their beleaguered Swiss coach Gerardo Seoane has at least one powerful new weapon. of attack at his disposal as he tries to turn things around for his team.
Four days later, Hudson-Odoi was rewarded with his first Leverkusen start, away to Club Brugge in the Champions League, and only a VAR offside decision prevented him from conjuring up a similar goal : another high, arching cross with his right foot, this time. strikes closer to the touchline, floats deep in the penalty area…
… on a sea of bodies jostling and landing just inside the six-yard penalty area, before bouncing and snuggling into the far corner of the net. What is German for “
