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Alonso described Eintracht as “a strong team” on Friday. “They won the Europa League last season and look very solid. We need a lot of energy and have to be ready to fight. It’ll be an important game.”
Alonso has no new injury concerns following the Porto game on Wednesday and also has two more players available to him after Robert Andrich and Jeremie Frimpong sat out the Champions League game due to suspension.
The returning duo and the rest of the team can expect a different sort of match in Frankfurt compared to the 3-0 loss to Porto, who were “tight and deep in defence. We did a lot of things well but also made mistakes in our game. Those are immediately punished at the highest level. We have to be more compact against Frankfurt and be better at finding the space up front,” explained the coach, whose team will be supported by over 1,800 travelling fans at Deutsche Bank Park.
In order to make it consecutive Bundesliga wins in the Eintracht game, the Werkself will also “have to stay together as a team in tough moments,” stressed Alonso, who has been in the job just over a week. The Spaniard added of his time in the post at Bayer 04: “We’ve spent the first week together working on getting to know each other. Now we’re working on finding our identity and building up team spirit.”
Leverkusen face eight matches in the next four weeks. It will therefore be important to have the whole squad together. “Every player is important for us and will get their chance to prove themselves,” Alonso said looking ahead at the intense schedule up to the break for the World Cup.
Bayer 04 midfielder Ibrahim Maza was honoured in Paris in the Best Algerian Young Player category at the Fennec d'Or awards for the Algerian Footballer of the Year, organised for the first time by the football journal La Gazette du Fennec. "It's an honour for me," said the 19-year-old, delighted with the award.
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On the back of two wins within four days, Bayer 04 Women round off an intensive Bundesliga week in the Black Forest. Roberto Pätzold's side have the chance to move back up to third place against SC Freiburg in the final fixture of Matchday 10 on Monday (18:00 CET) and draw level on points with second-placed VfL Wolfsburg.
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The last international break of this calendar year features the final qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. An overview of who's playing where and when from a Leverkusen point of view.
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Never before have Bayer 04 led 4-0 so early in the Bundesliga, never before have they won a Bundesliga home match by a higher margin. Leverkusen's exhibition display against 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 produced many stories, records and debuts. While Kasper Hjulmand's side celebrated the rousing performance properly with the fans, Jonas Hofmann and Co aren't losing focus: "We have to be careful that we don't just praise ourselves. The games come thick and fast again after the international break." The Werkself Review has all the reaction and analysis of the 6-0 victory at the BayArena.
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