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"Next week is important for our future. We can't afford to think forward to May but we need points and have a responsibility to the club and the fans. We have to play better and be more competitive," said Alonso at the start of today's pre-match press conference. "We don't have much time for training at the moment but we are working hard together every day – above all on basics – to get back on track. We can always improve and I feel the commitment from all the players," revealed the coach.
Alonso sees intensity as crucial in the game against Union Berlin: "We watched the Union game yesterday. It was a typical display by them and they are deservedly top the table," said Alonso as he rates the opponents above all as combative: They have a good team spirit, are strong in challenges and make it difficult for every opponent. That's what we can expect on Sunday."
The Spanish coach is therefore looking for an equally battling and intense performance from his team but also for his players to be prepared to take risks in the opposition half: "We are good in build-up play but we have to defend and at the same half provide better options in the final third in the box, challenge higher up the pitch and thereby create more chances," said the 40-year-old before making a clear statement: "We need goals to win games."
A number of players in the Leverkusen squad picked up knocks in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League game against Club Brugge. The head coach said a decision on whether injured Karim Bellarabi and Charles Aránguiz might return will be made after the final pre-match training session on Saturday 5 November. The Spaniard admitted that it is "still too early" for Florian Wirtz to make his comeback.
29,200 tickets have been sold for Sunday’s game including 1,704 to fans from Berlin. The home sections are sold out.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without centre-back Edmond Tapsoba in the coming weeks. The Burkina Faso international returned to the Werkself from the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco with a muscle injury.
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The Werkself are away to Hamburg SV at the end of the Hinrunde in the 2025/26 Bundesliga campaign. The match at the newly promoted club is on Tuesday night, 13 January (kick-off: 20:30 CET). Ahead of the first encounter with HSV since 2018, Kasper Hjulmand spoke about the strengths of the opponents, lessons learnt from the home defeat against VfB Stuttgart and provided a squad update.
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In Germany, the temperatures are currently around zero, leaving even professional footballers freezing - but not the Bayer 04 Women. Roberto Pätzold's team have fled the cold to the south and are preparing for the second half of the season at a training camp in the Algarve, almost 2,000 kilometres away from home as the crow flies. The Leverkusen squad landed in Faro on Saturday morning and have already completed the first three training sessions over the weekend.
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It was a disappointing Saturday night. The Werkself lost 4-1 to VfB Stuttgart to start the new year on Bundesliga matchday 16 in 2025/26, a result that left both players and fans disappointed. "We played without any passion," said Alejandro Grimaldo honestly afterwards. Teammate Jarell Quansah was even more self-critical, emphasising: "We were miles off it in the first half. You can't put in a performance like that, especially in front of our own fans and I can only apologise to them, to be honest." Read on for the reaction, facts and stats from the clash with VfB Stuttgart in the Werkself review.
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