Victor Boniface described his international debut as a "proud moment" shortly after the game. Nigeria entertained São Tomé and Príncipe on matchday six in the qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations – and they clocked up an impressive 6-0 victory against the island state. Boniface, recently voted Bundesliga Rookie of the Month for August, came off the bench on the hour mark with the scoreline at 3-0. The Werkself player provided the assist for the sixth goal adding to his tally with the Werkself since the start of the season (seven goal involvements in four games).
Following his imminent return to Leverkusen, Boniface and his teammates will start preparing for the Bundesliga top match away to Bayern Munich on Friday 15 September (kick-off: 20.30 CEST).
Finland, with goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, were left empty-handed on Sunday night. Following the 1-0 win in Kazakhstan, the Bayer 04 captain and his fellow countrymen suffered a 1-0 defeat against Denmark on matchday six in the Euro qualifiers. The only goal of the game was scored on 86 minutes. That means the Finns lose top spot and are now third in Group H a point behind Denmark and group leaders Slovenia.
Czechia played a friendly in Hungary on Sunday night. A goalless first half was followed by the hosts taking the lead on 52 minutes with the Czechs levelling ten minutes later for the final score of 1-1. Bayer 04 striker Adam Hlozek started for Czechia and played for 83 minutes.
Jonas Hofmann, Jonathan Tah and Florian Wirtz (Germany)
12.09: Germany vs France (Friendly)
Exequiel Palacios (Argentina)
12.09: Bolivia vs Argentina (World Cup qualifier)
Granit Xhaka (Switzerland)
12.09: Switzerland vs Andorra (Euro qualifier)
Josip Stanisic (Croatia)
11.09: Armenia vs Croatia (Euro qualifier)
Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso)
12.09: Morocco vs Burkina Faso (Friendly)
Amine Adli (Morocco)
12.09: Morocco vs Burkina Faso (Friendly)
Odilon Kossounou (Ivory Coast)
12.09: Ivory Coast vs Mali (Friendly)
Noah Mbamba (Belgium U19)
04-12.09: Training camp in Belgium
Madi Monamay (Belgium U18)
05-13.09: Tournament in Sweden
The first German league title, being in the DFB Pokal final or the record run of games unbeaten: The current season has already been more than exceptional. And we can look forward with excitement to the next few weeks. We want to celebrate this historic season together in style with the fans in Leverkusen on Sunday 26 May.
Show moreThe unbeaten run continues: The Werkself beat Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 (HT: 2-1) on Bundesliga Matchday 32, remaining unbeaten for 48 competitive matches in a row. Granit Xhaka put Bayer 04 in front after 11 minutes before Eintracht’s Hugo Ekitiké levelled the scores (32’). Patrik Schick (44’), Exequiel Palacios (58’, pen), Jeremie Frimpong (77’) and Victor Boniface (89’, pen) then sealed a deserved away victory for the Werkself.
Show moreBayer 04 travel to the Rhine-Main region for the match against Eintracht Frankfurt on Bundesliga Matchday 32. The game kicks off today, Sunday 5 May, at 17:30 CEST. All the key info on the clash at Deutsche Bank Park is in the Matchday News.
Show moreWerkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 1-2 loss against Bayern Munich on matchday 20 of the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga 2023/24...
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