With the exception of Lucas Alario and Leon Bailey, all the players in action at the Weserstadion on Sunday night completed a recovery session at the gym in the BayArena at the start of another busy week. The group included Lars Bender and Karim Bellarabi who had to be substituted at half-time in Bremen. According to the medics the duo are on the road to recovery. However, there is a question mark over the pair being fit for Wednesday's DFB Cup tie at Gladbach. Leon Bailey, who played almost all of the second 45 at Werder Bremen, left the trainig pitch earlier than his team-mates to prevent overexertion. The training group included returness Panagiotis Retsos, Julian Baumgartlinger and Charles Aránguiz.
Ahead of the Cup clash, the Werkself will train behind closed doors on Tuesday. The next and final open training session of the week will be on Thursday as attention turns to preparing for Saturday's home game in the league against TSG Hoffenheim (3 November, 15.30 CET).
After Jens Nowotny was officially named a Bayer 04 honorary captain last weekend, the long-standing Werkself player is part of the Leverkusen delegation on the trophy tour to New York City next week from 11 to 14 September. In an interview with bayer04.de, the 50-year-old talked about his expectations ahead of the trip to the metropolis on the East Coast of the USA.
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Show moreThe fixture details for the second round of the DFB Pokal 2024/25 have been confirmed. The home tie for Bayer 04 against second division SV 07 Elversberg is on Tuesday, 29 October with the kick off at 18.00 CET (live on Sky). That was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on Thursday.
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