Michael Ballack and Nathan Tella [Photo credit/ Imago - Edited by Soccernet.ng]
Former Chelsea star, Michael Ballack, praised Nathan Tella’s lightning-fast 25-second goal in Bayer Leverkusen’s thrilling victory over Borussia Dortmund, Soccernet.ng reports.
The Nigeria international opened the scoring for Bayer Leverkusen in their 3-2 victory over Nuri Sahin’s side in under 30 seconds at Signal Iduna Park.
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Robert Andrich delivered a header to Tella, who fired a powerful shot from the edge of the box past goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.
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Reacting to the goal, the former German international lauded Tella’s quick thinking and sharp finishing which sets the tone early for victory.
“The whole team moved up. The ball was intercepted and Tella didn’t hesitate. An outstanding finish, with full confidence into the near corner. Unstoppable,” Ballack said, as quoted by Sports1.
The team played without Victor Boniface, who is still recovering from injury. However, Tella and the rest of the squad rose to the occasion, narrowing the gap between themselves (35 points) and Bayern Munich (36 points) at the top of the Bundesliga table.
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