The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger writes under the category of "That was good", that the Werkself created "a number of decent attacks" above all in the first half. Most of the attacking moves involved Kerem Demirbay, who "was able to build on his good performance in the victory against Frankfurt. Again and again, he found gaps in the Bremen defence and exploited them with accurate passes."
The Rheinische Post headline after the 0:0 at Werder Bremen reads, "Leverkusen miss out on Champions League." As Borussia Dortmund beat RB Leipzig 3-2 at the same time on Saturday, the Werkself cannot mathematically finish in the top four. In the race to qualify for the Europa League, the team under head coach Hannes Wolf gained a point on their rivals: Borussia Mönchengladbach suffered a 6-0 defeat against the champions from Munich and Union Berlin lost 3-0 to VfL Wolfsburg. That means the gap to seventh place with two games to play is now five points – and the goals difference is clearly in favour of the Black and Reds.
The RP as usual assesses the performances of the individual Werkself players. This time Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Dragovic and Edmond Tapsoba were given the second highest mark of 2, goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky the same mark with a small minus. Creative player Demirbay was also awarded a 2. According to RP, he was "full of good ideas" and he also played numerous intelligent passes.
The dominant themes in the report in the Bild-Zeitung were the physical challenges by the hosts as well as the resulting knocks for the Leverkusen players: "Amiri went off in pain after being fouled (Eren Dinkci brought him down in added time and was shown the red card, ed.). And his Leverkusen teammates Daley Sinkgraven (knee), Kerem Demirbay (ankle) and Leon Bailey (nasty kick from Sargent on three minutes – suspected broken toe) picked up injuries."
Werder Bremen’s Jiri Pavlenka "secured a point" according to the report in kicker. The best chance apart from the offside goal from Florian Wirtz (35’) fell to left-back Wendell but the Brazilian shot straight at the Werder keeper on 81 minutes when well-placed.
The brand-new Bayer 04 Fanzone in the South Stand at the BayArena has opened for all Werkself fans. The official launch of the 700 square metre plus state-of-the-art interactive shopping and world of experience on Wednesday afternoon followed an exclusive event the night before. The symbolic starting shot was made by special honoured guests before several hundred fans were able to gain their first impressions of the numerous products and interactive facilities – and the response has been very positive.
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Twelve Werkself players have been selected for their national teams in the final international break of the year, with the Leverkusen's international players competing in the final group matches in the UEFA Nations League, in qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations. We round up all the results involving Bayer 04 players here.
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Five players in the Bayer 04 Women squad have been selected for the Germany U23s for two international fixtures. That was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on Tuesday afternoon.
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Bayer 04’s Bundesliga game at home to St. Pauli on Saturday, 7 December will be the next district matchday of the season, with the district of Hitdorf being the stage for numerous activities in the week building up to the fixture against the promoted side.
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The Bayer 04 Fanzone opens in two days time on Wednesday, 20 November in the South Stand at the BayArena. Bayer 04 fans will be able to enjoy a state-of-the-art, interactive shopping and fan experience covering more than 700 square metres. Black and Reds supporters are warmly welcome to spend an exciting day in this brand-new area at the stadium.
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