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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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed centre forward Christian Kofane. The 18-year-old Cameroonian joins Leverkusen from Spanish second tier club Albacete on a contract to 30 June 2029.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen will wear the new away kit for the 2025/26 season at the start of the training camp in Brazil. In conscious contrast to the international aspect of this year's training camp in Rio de Janeiro, kit supplier New Balance has designed a jersey for the Werkself players and all other Bayer 04 teams with distinct links to home.
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