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There are two new signings in the starting line-up in right-back Andreas Fischer, signed from PVL Remscheid, and second division top goalscorer Sven Demandt from Fortuna Düsseldorf:
Bayer 04: Vollborn – A. Reinhardt, Hörster, Kree, Fischer, Waas, Schreier, Buncol, de Keyser, Demandt, Lesniak (von Ahlen 89’)
Dortmund: Meyer – Kutowski, Helmer, Schulz, Breitzke (Driller 80’), Zorc, Möller, Rummenigge (MacLeod 73’), Kroth, Wegmann, Mill
From the start, the game develops into a fast-paced and exciting game with chances at both ends. On 18 minutes, Andrzej Buncol is brought down in the penalty area by goalkeeper Rolf Meyer but he is able to save the penalty taken by Sven Demandt. The Werkself increasingly gain the upper hand in the second half. It finally happens on 78 minutes: A brilliant pass from Andreas Fischer finds the Polish striker Marek Lesniak unmarked in front of the Dortmund keeper and he rounds him before putting the ball in the empty net. He runs off to celebrate by the fence at A Block, which was the block for Bayer 04 fans. The final efforts by Borussia Dortmund to draw level are denied by the Bayer 04 defence brilliantly organised by libero Thomas Hörster. And that means the Werkself start the new season with a win.
Hans Sarpei was born on 28 June 1976 in Tema, Ghana, and came to Germany with his parents at the age of three, where he grew up in Cologne. Even before he was born, his mother and father worked in Hamburg in the import-export sector. There they met an older man who introduced them to German culture and supported them. Out of gratitude, Hans was later given his first name, although this man died before he was born. Hans comes from a sporting family; his older brother Edward and his nephews Hans Nunoo Sarpei and Kingsley Sarpei were or are also professional footballers.
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On 3 June 1953, Hans-Josef (‘Sepp’) Kretschmann became the fifth coach in the history of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Born in Allenstein, East Prussia, on 21 March 1902, the football coach first studied to become a teacher before later switching to football. He took over the Werkself from Franz Strehle, under whom the team twice managed to stay in the 1st Oberliga West. However, Strehle did not extend his contract in Leverkusen after these two very successful years.
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After promotion to Bundesliga North 2 in the summer of 1975, Bayer 04 are fighting relegation just eight months later. The club expects full commitment from everyone in this precarious situation. Promotion coach Manfred Rummel is to give up his main job as a teacher at the Mülheim special school and become a full-time coach at Bayer 04. The coach, who is very popular with the team, does not see himself in a position to fulfil the club's request. Despite a 2-0 home win against SpVgg Erkenschwick, Manfred Rummel is put on gardening leave by "mutual agreement".
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Bayer 04, already been promoted to the 1st Oberliga West, played friendly after friendly in the second half of May 1951. And that continued throughout the following month.
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Jacek Krzynowek was born on 15 May 1976 in Kamiensk, Poland, and grew up as a typical country boy. He spent his childhood less in structured training sessions and more on simple pitches, where he spent hours playing football with older boys. He realised early on that he had exceptional shooting power and enormous stamina. But for a long time, he didn't appreciate just how much talent he had. While others dream of a great career, professional football initially seems like a distant world to him that he only knows from television.
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