Mate, Ballack is over, dead. I wish he had won that Champions League title in 2002, he's come so close but just not close enough in his career. MIssed out on the world cup in 2002, missed out on the champions league that same year and then again with Chelsea. One of the greatest players German football has ever produced but he was always kept from silverware due to pure misfortune
Leverkusen simply had no answer to Podolski. They certainly have to improve their defensive ability, that scrambling about chasing shadows doesn't even qualify as defending