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.
The Bayer 04 Women's team coaches remain in place: The Werkself have extended the contract with assistant coach Remzi Kahraman by two years to 2027. The 30-year-old will continue to assist head coach Roberto Pätzold along with fellow assistant coach Friederike Mehring.
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The head coaches of the U16 to U19 youth teams at Bayer 04 welcome some new faces to the coaching staff for the 2025/26 campaign. Overview of new set-up.
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The Bayer 04 Women are enjoying their richly deserved summer break up to 23 June following the best Bundesliga season in the club’s history. Six weeks after last season’s final matchday at VfL Wolfsburg (1-3), head coach Roberto Pätzold will welcome his squad for the first training session at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre on Monday morning. There will be a break in the preseason from 20 July to 3 August before training resumes on Monday, 4 August.
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The Werkself summer timetable is taking shape. The team under head coach Erik ten Hag will play four friendlies following the training camp in Rio de Janeiro (14 to 24 July). Bayer 04 are away to VfL Bochum, Fortuna Sittard and Chelsea. Another friendly is planned for the season opener at the BayArena.
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