Morning. Dot com smart the. Freedom of expression. Of value that always has to be defended in you. All over the world. Of Freedom Freedom of art. A multimedia project about artists and their right to express their views freely. D. W. Dont come to freedom. Hello and welcome to the bundesliga here on d. W. I. Impulse only in the us its much day seventeen and the last games of the year are done and dusted here to talk it all over with me are two top flight guests former bundesliga player michelle didnt say. These very own jonathan brand welcome to the show. Now lets take a look at whats coming up in todays show. The. Leverkusen are back to where they belong this season among the leading pack their form has impressed and theyre on a mission to continue their oh ho ho down. The leipzig needed to nip their lackluster performances at home against a pattern of berlin citing season has been average to say the next. Labor couzens poor start to season is a distant memory they travelled to hanover on the back of a twelve game unbeaten streak and among the leading pack this is in stark contrast to their hosts the ninety six ers have only managed to one win and their last six bundesliga games are suffering with a string of injury worries sang on home turf hung over are a tough team to beat. Hanovers fans were hoping for a Christmas Present but gold getter much in heinecke was out with a stomach bug laverick oozing for their part missing their top scorer kevin fall and the visitors still came out swinging loans ben did to you liam browns one nil but their celebrations had hardly calmed down when hanover answered yulian caught up in hospital for the equaliser. Then felix klaus got brought down in the box and after consulting the video replay the referee awarded a questionable penalty because food frode converting the kick to give hand over a two one lead. But only briefly in the twenty fifth minute id near met maybe made it to all in this action packed affair and just before the half time interval it was klaus who hit the target to put hanover in front once again three two the first time this season the house of scored three in a half. At the restart leverkusen brought on liam bailey and it took the jamaican just two minutes to pull the sides level again. I what a display of speed from one of the form players in the bundesliga and he was at it again twenty minutes later bagging a brace to make it four three i four away goals wouldnt be enough for a laver couzin win. In the dying minutes cohen brown did out the four all scoreline in this pre christmas extravaganza. Now its time for our sunday conversation on match day seventeen and with me our former bundestag player michel and of course his very own Jonathan Crane now im actually going to start with you michel how surprised are you by leverkusen this season i never expected to be scams what they did twelve games on the. Disc and was. It was a great game for us as a visitor and know. He has everything under control except from the beginning of the season didnt win five games i think four or five games and thats why im very very surprised of all of what political isnt it i mean you mentioned that star fans probably were thinking oh my god were going to have a bad season right we had last year when we finished troth but theyve quietly gone under the radar already what do you think theyre the secret to their success is the jonathan. I think its been a few things but if we summarize it more would its goals that the highest score is in the brain does leka they create that pay c we saw that today leon bailey getting a goal on the break four goals and that was without thats hope score a kevin fall and was on the bench and that brings me to my second point theyve got such a strength in depth and headers has been able to rotate hes got so many good Players Union brands. And yet the players are still delivering theyre all working together hes instilled this sense of teamwork in the team they work for each other they came from behind a bit today as well they were one down so i think hellish will see deserves a lot of credit and you mentioned someone who i want to ask michelle about of course leon bailey no two golds today how far do you think he can go. I dont think that he will stay a long time in germany because to actually today especially today he he did a tremendous job two goals and he has the score another one an easy goal actually but he is the perfect perfect player in his age and hes so young and i know that some big clubs they are behind him and i dont like i said i dont think that he will stay long to join the singing for much longer now leverkusen of course are going into the winter break forth realistically jonathan what you think they can aim for the season i think as mr strong there a lot will depend on whether they can keep hold of leon beatty even before he moved to leyva couzin from dank last year clubs were sniffing around in england were hearing chelsia interested in him leverkusen really need to keep hold of him to the end of the season at least if they want to kind of this challenge of the Champions League momentum is another important thing drove games unbeaten its brilliant but what happens after the winter break i mean michel you probably know as a player its tough very difficult situation off that is when debris definitely have to be on top guys we could be talking about leverkusen well into the evening well into tomorrow morning but were in any way there for the moment because we have of course another game to take a look at and of course that was like they were in need of. Three points if they were to avoid slipping further away from leaders by or nick a run of three games without a win some of them give up a second spot in the table to show on the other hand theyre feeling confident after their midweek win against turn over overall their form this season has been remarkably poor than last time around but they had one player familiar to leipzig with a point to prove. Davey celcom left light sick after making just two starts last season today he was in the first eleven for the six game running. And it took him just six minutes to punish his former employer the young german has now schooled in half of his appearances for him. But just one minute later his side suffered a setback jordan torn a rigger brought down team of vanna red card to have a movement from the lights extracted to by the foul. But have persevered as a free kick found solomon clues to nail despite being down to ten men. In the second half celko struck again this time from a corner. One man down three goals up. Davie selkirk taunting the red bulls with a kiss of the badge. When lex explored through captain for the obama it looked like nothing more than a consolation three one. But in the ninety second minute a full over the top put like six within a goal of a draw. Three to the final score a painful finish for like six marcel health and bag. But a night to remember the davies celko. Guys i think we should start by taking a look at the bundesliga table at the end of match day seventeen and no change at the top with biron eleven points ahead of shellac and then look at third fourth fifth and sixth spot for teens with twenty eight points its a tight race this season now lets take down looked on the other end and of course then the bottom is cologne still dead last time burke and braman round out the relegation zone mindset and stuttgart dangerously close to the top. Now im going to start with michelle because i want to ask you do you think its fair to say that the excitement this season is the race for second. Its very close so close like you said the fall teams are twenty points so but i prefer at the moment to chuckle because playing great to just go has everything under control he changed so many things in this club and if you remember last year so much trouble in this club but. As a newcomer. He had all of his. What Everybody Needs and this club. Really should take a lot of credit because clearly. The cars that were so much passion and hes come in and hes kind of rein that in these also installed a new team spirit in that squad for doubt the best in some players who self confidence is maybe flagging and they are the comeback kings theyre enjoying their football which is the most important thing to their right to see them up there and doing so when the course is plenty of other teams in the mix were already talking about leverkusen but anyway were going to move on jonathan whats the main talking point for you so far this season i think one month ago because hes kind of the common link between two of the other talking points earlier and dortmund and hes coming now dormant who would have expected that for a man who had won a single blues league dame with colognes and then join a team that was supposed to be challenging for the tide so these companies sorted out the defense which was a big problem not fully there yet but i think the real test for them will be the cup match against by munich on wednesday then will see how far theyve really come on the dig big match for them of course and they would really need that win a supposed to give them a good boost the confidence of change everything for us for the first part of the season so if they win everything is good but not perfect so and then you have to second half of the season and then you can change immediately coming back maybe on second position but its a long long way yeah exactly its a long way to the end of the season lets not forget that of course the break can change everything for many teams now michelle what about you what do you think how do you think the relegation battle is shaping because we focus very much on the top and the table but you know cologne youve mentioned theyre down there at the bottom and things arent looking very good me as a former some poly player for us i hope that hamburg as i were again. I know its boring but we would like to see them in a second they accidentally have the big derby in hamburg but no they are six teams its a very very close run like in the on the top of the table the same but they have to be careful everything is coming off their winter break sold sold so far and if you dont. On the whole in your high level then you will be one of these one of these teams because you dont like several teams down there and you think well one team that hes a christmas miracle is four of the last five teams boresome of christmas have gone down close to the worst of a start and been his lead in history i really think theyve done four they seem to be planning for the future of really young scored by necessary necessity young young starting lineup because of the injuries theyve got i think now they will be thinking ok lets lets all look at hope that that call on is coming back so makes everything you know ask you real quick question number give me your one two for this season and give me your one team for this in. Im going to go for. I think im going for dark and darn it dormant thats right guys thanks so much for all your input well thats a full time for the bone the status of tying into our guest tonight michel didnt say Jonathan Crane will be back in the new year with plenty more action the first born this need a weekend is in mid january so happy holidays to everybody and all the best in twenty eighteen c. As soon as he doesnt. Enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful two months ago motos most famous investigative journalist daphne car on the gun leads he was assassinated in a car bombing three years she targeted top politicians and Business Leaders is my guest here in valetta is the deputy Prime Minister chris as these governments allow the emergence of the mafia eva and. Next on the beatles to. Meet young entrepreneurs eager to tackle global challenges in our series founders valley. In this episode india a country thats drowning in Plastic Waste for infants are new to move through. 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