The 26-year-old picked up the injury at the start of the second half in Mainz after the centre-forward had scored his 20th goal of the season for the Werkself in the first 45. Schick will be out of action for several weeks.
The games continue to come thick and fast for Bayer 04, with the next on Tuesday as Xabi Alonso and his team visit Bayern Munich in the last 16 of the DFB Pokal (kick-off: 8.45pm CET). The Spaniard spoke at his press conference ahead of the match about how to approach the tie, the opposition and two players set to return from injury.
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Delivery fees have now been reintroduced to purchases from the Bayer 04 online shop.
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Bayer 04 take on Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena for the second time this season, but on this occasion in the DFB Pokal for Tuesday’s round of 16 tie (kick-off: 8.45pm CET). There was no winner in the Bundesliga meeting back in September, but there has to be this time. The Munich club have been in good form of late but are without their top scorer Harry Kane now. Here’s all you need to know about our next opponents.
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The seventh edition of the ‘Einfach Fußball’ ('Simply Football') Cup once again delighted participants and spectators alike. On Saturday in the Ostermann Arena in Leverkusen, around 200 sports-mad children, young people and adults with disabilities had the opportunity to compete with players from other clubs and to socialise off the pitch. A highlight of the tournament was the visit of two players from the Bayer 04 women's team.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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