Between 2014 and 2016 Maas, who played for Arminia Bielefeld and Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga plus MSV Duisburg in the second division, was assistant coach to the current Bayer 04 head coach Peter Bosz. They were in charge at Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem for a total of 62 games in the Eredivisie. “In Rob Maas, we’ve appointed an innovative and strong-minded assistant coach who fits in really well here. He knows the Bundesliga and has already worked successfully with Peter Bosz. Rob will provide new ideas,” declared sporting director Simon Rolfes.
For Rob Maas, Bayer 04 are “a highly ambitious and very attractive club. That’s not just the perception in Germany but Leverkusen also have an outstanding reputation across Europe,” said Maas. “To be able to work with fellow coaches in developing an extremely exciting team is a fantastic challenge I’m really looking forward to.”
With the newly achieved club record of 36 points in the Bundesliga, the Bayer 04 Women travel to the most difficult away game of the season on paper. The Werkself play Bayern Munich on Sunday, 30 March (15:15 CEST, live on SPORT1, MagentaSport and DAZN). FCB have won all their league games in this calendar year but coach Roberto Pätzold has confidence in his team after two wins in succession.
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With the fourth win in the last five league games, Bayer 04 temporarily moved to within three points of Bayern Munich. In a hard-fought night match in front of a full house at the BayArena, the double winners faced a well organised VfL Bochum side but overcame them with the necessary "calm" as head coach Xabi Alonso explained after the game. The Werkself review.
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Bayer 04 picked up three important points in the battle for top spot in the Bundesliga after overcoming a committed VfL Bochum side and the Werkself are now three points behind Bayern Munich for the time being. The Leverkusen goals on Friday night were scored by Aleix Garcia before plus Victor Boniface and Amine Adli after half-time.
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The Werkself host VfL Bochum at the BayArena on Bundesliga Matchday 27. Today's game, on Friday 28 March, kicks off at 20:30 CET and there are several events planned. The matchday news on the clash with the team from Castroper Straße.
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