{"id":12586,"date":"2026-11-08T17:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/bundesliga-tella-missing-boniface-benched-as-bayer-leverkusen-overcome-cologne\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T17:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T17:01:01","slug":"bundesliga-tella-missing-boniface-benched-as-bayer-leverkusen-overcome-cologne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/bundesliga-tella-missing-boniface-benched-as-bayer-leverkusen-overcome-cologne\/","title":{"rendered":"Bundesliga: Tella Missing, Boniface Benched As Bayer Leverkusen Overcome Cologne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Super Eagles duo of Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella were missing in action as Bayer Leverkusen secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over 1. FC K\u00f6ln in Sunday\u2019s Bundesliga Rhine derby.<\/p>\n<p>Tella remains sidelined as he continues recovery from a muscle injury, while Boniface, who started on the bench, has featured twice for Leverkusen this season and is still searching for his first league goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-flamingos-bag-50000-for-historic-title-win\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Flamingos Bag $50,000 for Historic Title Win<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aleix Garc\u00eda put the visitors ahead early with a controlled strike in the 6th minute, capitalizing on Leverkusen\u2019s dominant start to set the tone.<\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen doubled their lead in the 84th minute when Patrik Schick finished off an assist from substitute Ibrahim Maza to put Die Werkself firmly in control.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\" readability=\"-19.5\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-infantino-applauds-flamingos-title-triumph\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Infantino Applauds Flamingos\u2019 Title Triumph<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>K\u00f6ln substitute Malek El Mala set up his brother Said El Mala, who pulled one back in stoppage time (90+2\u2032).<\/p>\n<p>However, Leverkusen held off the late surge to secure all three points and snap a three-match skid across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Super Eagles duo of Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella were missing in action as Bayer Leverkusen secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over 1. FC K\u00f6ln in Sunday\u2019s Bundesliga Rhine&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}