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Bayer 04 Leverkusen are in fourth place on 35 points just three points behind VfB Stuttgart. However, there is a lot of pressure under the Bayer Cross as the general manager Reiner Calmund is threatening wage cuts for the first time. The club has financial problems and not qualifying for the Champions League threatens the Werkself players with losing up to 20% of their wages. Not the best circumstances for playing a good game at Hannover. And those fears are confirmed.
Hannover look like the certain winners after 60 minutes. The Lower Saxony team lead 2-0 with goals from the American Clint Mathis and the Greek Kostas Konstantinidis. The Werkself produced almost nothing up to that point. Coach Klaus Augenthaler brings on the Brazilian Franca on 57 minutes in place of Bernd Schneider and that gives the team a lift. After a free kick and an assist from Lucio, Dimitar Berbatov pulls a goal back with a header on 65 minutes. Franca then nets the equaliser eight minutes later. Bayer 04 win the ball back again after the kick-off and Oliver Neuville hits the bar from the edge of the box. The Werkself almost turned round a supposedly lost game in ten minutes. The visitors upped the tempo in the last 20 minutes, are denied by the bar again and several times by the Hannover goalkeeper, Marc Ziegler. The game ends in a 2-2 draw.
Bayer 04 qualify for the Champions League at the end of the season in third place but general manager Reiner Calmund ends working for the club at his own request at the end of the season. He departs after almost 30 years in different posts at Bayer 04 and there are one or two tears in his eyes as well as those of the Bayer 04 fans.
Zoltan Sebescen was born on 1 October 1975 in Ehingen and he started playing football as a child. His talent stood out early on and he was accepted into the youth section at Stuttgarter Kickers in 1982. There he progressed through all the youth teams and continued to develop. His breakthrough in the men's game came in the mid-1990s, when he moved up to the Kickers first team squad. With his speed, dynamism and attacking drive, he soon made a name for himself beyond the region. He and his team were promoted from the Regional League South to Bundesliga 2 in 1996 and stayed in the league with Stuttgart for three years.
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Jens Nowotny was born on 11 January 1974 in Malsch, Baden-Württemberg. As a youngster, he played for SV Spielberg and Germania Friedrichstal and later joined the youth section at Karlsruher SC. As a 15-year-old, he became an integral part of the DFB national youth set-up and played for all of the Germany junior teams. One highlight was an U15 international against England at Wembley.
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It is Tuesday, 20 October 2015 - a Champions League night at the BayArena. The visitors: AS Roma. What awaits the spectators is a memorable football match full of drama, speed and emotion. The Werkself get off to a flying start and literally overrun the slightly favoured Italians in the early stages. The scoreline was 2-0 after just twenty minutes - both goals were scored by Mexico international Chicharito. Bayer 04 put the visitors under constant pressure with their aggressive pressing and bold attacking play and even had a chance to make it 3-0. Then the AS Roma captain Daniele De Rossi brought his team back into the game with a brace making it 2-2 at half-time.
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In the video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history from the month of October. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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On 23 October 1960, a highly anticipated local derby took place in the DFB Pokal, which the team had to qualify for via the regional association cup competitions at the time: SV Schlebusch hosted the Werkself from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Around 2,000 spectators flocked to the "Am Bühl" stadium to watch the game kicking off at 3 pm.
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