It took 39 minutes of competitive soccer for Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to get his first goal of the season. Hernandez scored to but Leverkusen up 1-0 against SC Hauenstein in the DFB Pokal Sunday. The game finished 2-1 to Leverkusen.
Chicharito's 1st goal of the new season. Nicely done to poke it over the keeper. pic.twitter.com/qZiUOR8cAf
— AC (@fo_matic) August 21, 2016
This was Leverkusen's first competitive goal of the season, and it's fitting Hernandez was the man to score it. The Mexico international scored 26 goals in a stellar season for Leverkusen last year.
Can he repeat the magic this season? So far, so good.
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