Overview

• Echeverri entered as a late substitute for Ibrahim Maza around the 39th–40th minute of the second half.
• Reports differ on his time on the pitch, with accounts ranging from six minutes to 12 including stoppage time.
• He has been assigned the No. 9 shirt, an unusual number for his attacking-midfield profile.
• Hoffenheim won 2-1 at the BayArena after Leverkusen’s early lead, with goals from Fisnik Asllani and Tim Lemperle.
• Exequiel Palacios missed the game with a hamstring injury as Leverkusen integrates young arrivals following Florian Wirtz’s move to Liverpool and Malik Tillman taking the No. 10.