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19.11.2022Bayer 04

#Bayer04USATour – Day 6: Farewell to St. Louis

The #Bayer04USATour 2022 is over. The last group of the Bayer 04 delegation headed home to Germany on Friday after watching the St. Louis Blues NHL match on Thursday evening. The Werkself now have a two-week break from training.
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The Werkself have experienced six intensive days in St. Louis with lots of special impressions and encounters. In addition to the sporting highlight of the tour, the friendly against St. Louis CITY SC (3-0), the #Bayer04USATour also included other highlights such as the visits to the Bayer Crop Science research centre and the Ranken Jordan paediatric hospital. Also on the agenda: Watching a college basketball game and an NHL match at the end of the trip.

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The end of the USA tour marks the start of a two-week break the Werkself. The team under head coach Xabi Alonso return to training in Leverkusen from 1 December. Bayer 04 have a friendly away to Rangers in Glasgow on 10 December and there will be a second break from training from 19 December to 2 January.

 

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