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The good news first off. "All the players have come back fit and healthy," said Alonso at the pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon. "We are very happy that many of them have qualified for Euro 2024 and several have made their debuts."
Equally pleasing news: Jeremie Frimpong, who came back early from the Netherlands squad due to slight hip problem, is available as is Edmond Tapsoba after the operation on his hand. World Cup winner Exequiel Palacios is also ready to play after his intercontinental travel as is Granit Xhaka after three 90-minute appearances for Switzerland.
Still sidelined is Patrik Schick, who "has trained very well. But we want to give him some time. That's why he's not in the squad in Bremen but he may well be against Häcken on Thursday."
Starting with the final pre-match training session on Friday, the focus now is completely on the away game at Werder Bremen who have picked up five points from the last three games. Alonso ahead of the first of eight matches in 26 days: "Bremen have been in good shape in the last few games, played good football and they have a dangerous attack in Borré and Ducksch.”
The Werkself will again be able to rely on strong support at the Weserstadion with 4,000 fans making the trip to Bremen. The whole away allocation has again been taken up. "We are very happy and grateful for this support and we will do everything on the pitch for our fans to be happy travelling a long way."
The second international break of the 2025/26 season will begin after the Bundesliga match against Union Berlin (Saturday, 4 October, 15:30 CEST). The latest information on call-ups.
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Alejo Sarco and Argentina won their second group match at the U20 World Cup in Chile on Wednesday night. They beat Australia 4-1 with Sarco setting the tone early with a goal in the third minute. As in the first group game against Cuba, where Sarco scored twice, the 19-year-old was also named "Player of the Match" against Australia.
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Second game, second draw in the UEFA Champions League 2025/26: The Werkself were held to a 1-1 draw by Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven on matchday two in the league phase. After an early but brief setback in the form of an offside goal by Ivan Perisic for the visitors (5'), the Werkself took control and created numerous good chances in the first half. Leverkusen took a deserved lead after the break in the 65th minute through Christian Kofane. However, PSV's Ismael Saibari replied a few minutes later to level at 1-1 (72').
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In the second match in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26, the Werkself host PSV Eindhoven this Wednesday evening, 1 October (kick-off: 21:00 CEST/live on DAZN and on Werkself Radio). PSV have injury problems but are in confident mood after winning two consecutive league titles. PSV coach Peter Bosz and keeper Matej Kovar are two familiar faces who have fond memories of their Bayer 04 days. The latest information on the UCL match at the BayArena can be found in out matchday news.
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Bayer 04 beat PSV Eindhoven 3-2 on matchday two to clock up the next three points in the UCL Youth League 2025/26. In front of just under 500 spectators at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium, the visitors from the Netherlands led at half-time, but the Werkself turned the game round in the second 45. That makes it two wins on the bounce after the victory in Copenhagen.
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