The Werkself beat Freiburg 4-2 in the first half of the season on 1 November 2020. Christian Streich’s team did take the lead but Lucas Alario and Nadiem Amiri scored to make it 3-1 before Jonathan Tah netted at 3-2 to restore the two-goal lead. It was the seventh Bundesliga game in succession where Bayer 04 have gone unbeaten against SC Freiburg (4 wins, 3 draws). More facts and stats ahead of the clash are available in the BayArena Aktuell. Plus: final info on the game and other Black and Red news (in German) from the world of Bayer 04.
In addition, Nadiem Amiri talks about how the team can rediscover their the excellent form shown in the first half of the campaign: “The essential thing in this difficult situation is for us to regain our confidence. But that will primarily happen through results where we win games. If that doesn’t happen then we will have to draw closer together and make sure it does,” said the 24-year-old. “I’m certainly really annoyed and I definitely want to put it right in the games coming up. The next chance of that is today against Freiburg.” The whole interview is available in the BayArena Aktuell.
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The Werkself continue their 2026/27 pre-season preparations with their third friendly against Belgian top-flight side KRC Genk at the Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion on Wednesday 29 July (kick-off 15:00 CEST). Werkself-TV is broadcasting the match live and in full in a stream from 14:50 CEST...
Bayer 04 are back on the pitch. Following the first training sessions, the Werkself play the first pre-season friendly on Saturday, July 18. The match against Oberliga club Sportfreunde Baumberg kicks off at 15:30 CEST in Monheim am Rhein. Fans unable to attend the match can watch head coach Carles Martínez’s first game in charge for free via a livestream at bayer04.de and on the Bayer 04 app, as well as on Werkself.tv (exclusively for members). Just log on and watch the games live. All the other Werkself preseason friendlies leading up to the 2026/27 season will also be streamed live for free.
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