The striker completed a 60-minute individual session on the ball accompanied by Carsten Rademacher, head of the rehab therapy department.
Peter Bosz and his fellow coaches were on the neighbouring pitch as preparations start for the final game of the season in Berlin on Saturday (15.30 CET, live text commentary and web radio in German at bayer04.de). Panos Retsos also took part in full training after missing out recently due to a toe injury. While Charles Aránguiz, Sven Bender, Kevin Volland and Wendell all trained on their own away from their team-mates, Lars Bender and Julian Baumgartlinger started the week in the performance centre at the BayArena. Both had to go off on Saturday's game against Schalke due to muscle problems and foot pains – Peter Bosz is optimistic about their availability for the game against Hertha at the weekend.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen will begin their 2025-26 preseason campaign with an exciting friendly against Flamengo U20, one of South America’s elite youth sides, on Thursday, 18 July at 15:00 local time (20:00 CEST). The game will be played at historic Estádio da Gávea in Rio de Janeiro.
Show moreThe match details for the Bayer 04 first round tie in the 2025/26 DFB Pokal campaign have been confirmed. The Werkself are away to SG Sonnenhof Großaspach on Friday, 15 August with the kick-off at 18:00 CEST. That was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) today. The DFB Pokal tie against the state cup winners from Baden-Württemberg will be played at the WIRmachenDRUCK Arena. Ticket information to follow.
Show moreThe German Football Association (DFB) has given Bayer 04 the Pitch of the Year award in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga for the 2024/25 season and thereby for the sixth time in succession. The Ulrich Haberland Stadium was once again named the best pitch in the Women's Bundesliga last season.
Show moreTo all Bayer 04 fans: The Fanwelt will be closed all day next Monday 30 June. This is due to preparations for the change of kit supplier from Castore to New Balance on Tuesday 1 July.
Show moreA high quality test for the Bayer 04 Women: The team led by coach Roberto Pätzold will play Women’s Bundesliga runners-up VfL Wolfsburg during the training camp in Rieden in Bavaria.
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