Last week, video game developer Electronic Arts (EA) together with the German Football League (DFL) announced the six nominees for the December 2024 Bundesliga Player of the Month award. Florian Wirtz came out on top in the vote ahead of Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich (both FC Bayern Munich), Paul Nebel (1. FSV Mainz 05), Mitchell Weiser (SV Werder Bremen) and Nick Woltemade (VfB Stuttgart).
The Werkself won all three of their Bundesliga fixtures in December, beating promoted side FC St. Pauli 2-1 at home, winning 2-0 at FC Augsburg and then ending 2024 with a 5-1 victory at home to SC Freiburg. Wirtz started and scored a goal in each match as well as setting up three goals against Freiburg - the most assists he's ever managed in a league game.
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Werkself TV shows highlights of the 2-0 win at Olympiacos in the first leg of the play-offs of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 league...
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The Werkself beat Olympiacos 2-0 in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League play-off first leg to claim a crucial victory in the Greek capital. After a focused first-half display with a number of presentable chances, Patrik Schick crowned a textbook counter to hand the Werkself the lead on the hour (60’). The Czech rounded off his brace when he headed in from a corner just 144 seconds later. Bayer 04 maintained their lead with aplomb to achieve a good position for the return leg in Leverkusen.
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Bayer 04 and Olympiacos had only met twice before the current UEFA Champions campaign. After the encounter on Matchday 7 of this season’s league phase, the Werkself travel to face the Greek side for the second time in just four weeks for the knockout play-off first leg. The Black and Reds were dominant for large spells in mid-January but lost 2-0 after missing a number of presentable chances. The Werkself aim to do better on Wednesday night to “seize the chance for revenge,” as managing director sport Simon Rolfes put it. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game in our matchday news.
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A bitter end to the fifth showdown of the 2025/26 VBL Club Championship as the #B04eSports team failed to take any points in the three remaining matches of the preliminary online round of the fifth and final showdown, missing out on the offline round. They can no longer take points in the overall table. Bayer 04 slipped out on the top eight, so direct participation in the final event for the German Club Championship is no longer possible, with Bayer 04 having to contest the play-offs.
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