Germany ended their five-game winless run on Tuesday with a friendly victory over France. DFB sporting director Rudi Völler was on the touchline as interim coach as his team went ahead inside four minutes through Thomas Müller, with Bayer 04’s Jonathan Tah at right-back and Florian Wirtz in attack. Jonas Hofmann came on for Wirtz after 78 minutes. Leroy Sane doubled the lead shortly before the end. Antoine Griezmann scored a consolation penalty for France.
Switzerland were also victorious on Tuesday evening with a 3-0 win over Andorra in Group I of Euro 2024 qualification. Captain Granit Xhaka set up the opener before scoring the second himself as the Swiss maintained their grip on top spot in the section.
New Leverkusen man Josip Stanisic was in Armenia with Croatia and played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 victory. The third-placed finishers at last year’s World Cup top Euro qualifying Group D with 10 points, having also played a game less than Turkey on the same total.
Adli (Morocco) faced his Werkself teammate Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso) in a friendly, with the Atlas Lions winning 1-0. It was Adli’s debut for the national team, playing 67 minutes. Tapsoba played through. Meanwhile, Odilon Kossounou was watching from the bench as the Ivory Coast’s friendly against Mali was suspended due to heavy rain with the score goalless.
Over in South America, Argentina brought up their second win from as many games on the road to qualification for the 2026 World Cup, beating Bolivia 3-0. Leverkusen’s Palacios came on in the 76th minute and set up the final goal. The Albiceleste had earlier beaten Ecuador in the opening match of qualifying.
Noah Mbamba was in action for Belgium’s U19s as he started their friendly win over Scotland. Madi Monamay was with their U18s at a tournament in Sweden.
The Easter holidays enticed a large number of Bayer 04 fans to come to the training ground at the BayArena, today Wednesday 16 April, to watch the Werkself at an open training session in the afternoon. Afterwards, the players and head coach Xabi Alonso took time out to sign autographs and pose for photographs. And there was a lot going on besides: While midfield maestro Granit Xhaka fielded questions at an entertaining children's press conference, including the story behind his squad number 34, Nathan Tella faced the media.
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Away fans take note: Tickets for the forthcoming away game for the Werkself against FC St Pauli at the Millerntor Stadium on Sunday, 20 April (kick-off: 19:30 CEST) are exclusively available on the Bayer 04 app. The tickets are available at once and as usual under the 'Profil' tab by clicking on the 'Meine Tickets' button.
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Flap up, screen on: With the help of the new Bayer 04 tactics truck, training content and match action for the Werkself as well as tactical graphics can now be shown and discussed on the training ground.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 1-1 draw against 1. FC Köln on the 19th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2024/25...
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The Bayer 04 Women shared the points in a 1-1 draw with FC Köln in an entertaining Rhine derby with lots of goalmouth action for both sides. The team led by coach Roberto Pätzold put in a great effort that deserved the three points particularly in the second half. The team next to bottom in the table, who took the lead before half-time, played with great passion and only conceded the equaliser scored by Cornelia Kramer (54') before the final whistle.
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