Berlin, March 5 -- Bayer Leverkusen strengthened its push for UEFA Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win over Hamburger SV in a rescheduled Bundesliga match fromthe 17th round.
Leverkusen started brightly. Montrell Culbreath headed wide from Ibrahim Maza's cross in the eighth minute and Martin Terrier then struck the crossbar with a volley.
Hamburg struggled to pose much threat before the break, while Leverkusen's pressure eased as halftime approached. The pattern changed little after the restart. Edmond Tapsoba sent a header straight at Hamburg goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes, while at the other end Leverkusen goalie Janis Blaswich reacted calmly to deny Nicolai Remberg's close-range effort, according to Xinhua.
The breakthrou...