The Welt am Sonntag writes of a "wonder goal" in explaining the opener scored by Nadiem Amiri on ten minutes as follows: "A lightning move saw the ball end up with Wirtz. The 17-year-old lobbed the ball to Amiri who converted with a back-heel." But then the report continues: "A wonder goal after which Leverkusen lost their way."
Bild am Sonntag writes about a masterpiece from Amiri, the first Bundesliga goal in the calendar year, and even a "guarantee" for a nomination as Goal of the Month on the ARD Sportschau. But the tabloid continues: "Great football but not much after that."
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (F.A.S.) looks at the Frankfurt equaliser scored by Amin Younes (22'). The report says: "Djibril Sow put Younes through with a pass and the summer signing from Napoli skilfully converted the chance to level at 1-1. The action constantly went from end to end in this eminently entertaining game between two impressive teams."
The Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger headline reads: "Bayer run out of creativity." In the categories in the following report, under the heading "That was bad" is: "The Werkself completely lacked the compact approach which makes the attacking system of Peter Bosz possible. […] The league leaders from matchday twelve failed to produce danger or pressure going forwards."
In the individual ratings in the newspaper, Amiri had the best mark for the Werkself of ‘2.5’. The provider of the assist Florian Wirtz was given a ‘3’ and goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky ‘3.5’.
The match report in the Rheinische Post draws the following conclusion: "Bayer’s offensive efforts remained […] too cautious and there was a lack of decisive ideas. […] Leverkusen's best opportunity to equalise came with a slightly unfortunate attempted clearance by Frankfurt's Martin Hinteregger that hit the crossbar (82'). The match ended in a deserved 2-1 win for Eintracht."
After eight years in the youth set-up at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Benjamin Adam is leaving the club. The 35-year-old, who most recently coached the Leverkusen U17s, will take charge of the Hansa Rostock U19 team next season.
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There was a successful end to the women's internationals with Werkself players Carlotta Wamser and Cornelia Kramer qualifying for the 2027 World Cup finals in Brazil. A third Leverkusen player is still in with a chance of joining them. The Germany U23 players also experienced success in their last two international friendlies of the season.
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Traveling to North America for the World Cup this summer to see your favorite Bayer 04 players? Here’s a quick cheat sheet with thumbnail portraits and insider tips for each city from a local expert, so you can make the most of your visit and activities beyond the game!
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A fresh look for the BayArena: The Bayer 04 stadium will have new seating in the form of folding seats for the 2026/27 campaign that will ensure significantly improved seating comfort and simplified movement within the rows of seats. As part of routine replacement after 17 years, fans of the Werkself were able to purchase the existing seats, used to witness the first German league title in the club's history. In addition, a large proportion of the seats will be donated to charitable projects, primarily in the local region. Bayer 04 fans can look forward to new, functional folding seats for the season opener at the beginning of August - still in the club colours of black and red, of course. A glimpse at the BayArena during the refurbishment.
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