Leverkusen edges Hamburg to boost Champions League push

BERLIN, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Bayer Leverkusen strengthened its push for UEFA Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win over Hamburger SV in a rescheduled Bundesliga match from the 17th round on Wednesday.

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 thr