Overview

• Leverkusen conceded four goals before halftime in a 5-1 loss to Flamengo’s U20 side in Rio de Janeiro.
• Erik ten Hag fielded several under-19 players, a move that exposed defensive gaps early in his first match in charge.
• Ten Hag substituted keeper Mark Flekken with Niklas Lomb after 30 minutes and later brought on Lukas Hradecky.
• Midfielder Robert Andrich labelled the defeat a “small catastrophe” even as Ten Hag downplayed the significance of preseason results.
• Leverkusen remains in its ten-day Brazilian training camp and will face Bundesliga side VfL Bochum on July 27.