Germany ended their five-game winless run on Tuesday with a friendly victory over France. DFB sporting director Rudi Völler was on the touchline as interim coach as his team went ahead inside four minutes through Thomas Müller, with Bayer 04’s Jonathan Tah at right-back and Florian Wirtz in attack. Jonas Hofmann came on for Wirtz after 78 minutes. Leroy Sane doubled the lead shortly before the end. Antoine Griezmann scored a consolation penalty for France.
Switzerland were also victorious on Tuesday evening with a 3-0 win over Andorra in Group I of Euro 2024 qualification. Captain Granit Xhaka set up the opener before scoring the second himself as the Swiss maintained their grip on top spot in the section.
New Leverkusen man Josip Stanisic was in Armenia with Croatia and played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 victory. The third-placed finishers at last year’s World Cup top Euro qualifying Group D with 10 points, having also played a game less than Turkey on the same total.
Adli (Morocco) faced his Werkself teammate Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso) in a friendly, with the Atlas Lions winning 1-0. It was Adli’s debut for the national team, playing 67 minutes. Tapsoba played through. Meanwhile, Odilon Kossounou was watching from the bench as the Ivory Coast’s friendly against Mali was suspended due to heavy rain with the score goalless.
Over in South America, Argentina brought up their second win from as many games on the road to qualification for the 2026 World Cup, beating Bolivia 3-0. Leverkusen’s Palacios came on in the 76th minute and set up the final goal. The Albiceleste had earlier beaten Ecuador in the opening match of qualifying.
Noah Mbamba was in action for Belgium’s U19s as he started their friendly win over Scotland. Madi Monamay was with their U18s at a tournament in Sweden.
Four Bayer 04 players are in action at the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations being played in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January 2026: Eliesse Ben Seghir for the hosts, Edmond Tapsoba with Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Maza for Algeria and Christian Kofane with Cameroon. Updates on the AFCON matches involving Werkself players...
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Two Saturdays, one Friday and one Sunday: The dates for the Bayer 04 Women's team games on matchdays 16 to 19 have been finalised. Three of the four matches scheduled by the German Football Association (DFB) on Tuesday will be played at home at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium.
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Bayer 04 currently have a number of promising young talents on loan to various clubs in Europe with the aim of gaining match practice and furthering their individual development. Francis Onyeka and Farid Alfa-Ruprecht, for example, play for VfL Bochum 1848, while Artem Stepanov is a striker with 1. FC Nürnberg, coached by World Cup winner Miroslav Klose. Tim Oermann is a defender in the Austrian Bundesliga at top club SK Sturm Graz and Abdoulaye Faye is playing in France for FC Lorient, promoted to Ligue 1 this season. Bayer04.de reviews the first six months for the Leverkusen players out on loan.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 0-3 loss against FC Bayern on the 14th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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