Karim Bellarabi and Co. emerged from the changing rooms with a 30-minute delay. With temperatures around freezing point and in sunshine, Peter Bosz and his coaching staff led a 45-minute recovery session with a course involving many technical elements and ending with shots on goal.
In addition to the two players in rehab, Joel Pohjanpalo and Panagiotis Retsos, Lukas Hradecky was also missing on Monday. The Werkself number one was given time off at the start of the week after he received an invitation from his former club Eintracht Frankfurt to attend the film premiere of the 'DFB Cup Winners 2018' film in Frankfurt. He was accompanied by head analyst Marcel Daum who also made the move from Frankfurt to Leverkusen in the summer.
Tuesday (10.30 CET) sees preparations continue for the next Bundesliga match at VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday (26 January, 15.30 CET) – it is also the last open training session ahead of the away game against the team lying sixth in the table.
Bayer 04 will round off their 2026/27 pre-season preparations with a friendly against Premier League side Newcastle United. The match against the side featuring German internationals Malik Thiaw and Nick Woltemade will take place on Saturday 15 August (kick-off: 4 pm German time/3 pm local time) at St James’ Park. Werkself-TV will stream the match live in full and free of charge after logging in from 3.50 pm...
After the 2-1 defeat at Premier League club Nottingham Forest the night before, it was straight back to work for the Werkself at midday on Thursday with an intensive training session in hot temperatures at the hosts' training ground.
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The Werkself suffered a first defeat in the current pre-season fixtures. The sixth friendly of the summer ended in 2-1 reverse at Premier League Nottingham Forest. The English side took an early lead (4’) but Patrik Schick levelled just after the half-hour mark (32’). Nothing much happened after that, and the match looked set to end in a draw. However, the hosts managed to score the winning goal late on (90').
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have loaned U19 midfielder Jeremiah Mensah to Dutch second-tier side Roda JC Kerkrade for one year. The 18-year-old Germany youth international has a long-term contract at the club to 2031.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH has taken note of the final, non-binding statement issued by the Bundeskartellamt regarding the 50+1 rule and its application, and will now examine it carefully.
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