Said El Mala has criticised Bayer Leverkusen's conduct following their derby defeat to FC Köln in the Bundesliga. The Rheinland derby, one of German football's most heated rivalries, ended with Köln securing victory over their regional rivals.
El Mala, writing in the aftermath of the match, took issue with aspects of Leverkusen's behaviour during or after the fixture. The criticism comes amid the intense atmosphere that typically surrounds encounters between the two clubs, separated by just 40 kilometres along the Rhine river.
Further details regarding the specific nature of El Mala's criticism and the match result were not immediately available in the initial report.
