
“Bayer 04 Leverkusen achieved initial success after more than a month with the 1-0 win at Borussia Mönchengladbach,” reports the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger as they above all praise “the discipline and confidence shown at the start of the match by the Werkself weakened by many absent players and setbacks.”
RP Online adopted a very similar view in their report: “Leverkusen did not start like a team plagued by injuries and bad results. The visitors were on top in the opening minutes.”
The EXPRESS also saw the Werkself as the better team. “Leverkusen’s game was more attractive and their moves more fluent,” was the analysis in the journal, “but the Werkself had problems with their finishing.”
The approach of the Werkself is described in the Welt am Sonntag as follows: “Bayer looked to break through with fast moves down the flanks and had some good chances through Moussa Diaby (17’, 32’ and 45’) before Schick converted a rebound to make it 1-0 (77’).”
The BILD am Sonntag provides a very interesting insight: “With the 1-0 win at Gladbach, coach Peter Bosz not only secured his first win in six games. He also achieved that without making any substitutions. The last time that happened was by Köln’s Peter Stöger at HSV (1-1) on 7 February 2016.”

Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 0-1 loss against TSG Hoffenheim on the 19th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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The Bayer 04 Women suffered a setback in the race for third place in the Bundesliga table. Coach Roberto Pätzold's team lost 1-0 at home to direct rivals TSG Hoffenheim on Sunday afternoon, with a penalty after two minutes deciding the match. With 32 points and a game in hand, TSG have moved above the Werkself, who remain on 31 points. There is now a three-week international break before the remaining seven Bundesliga matches.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without defender Loïc Badé for the time being. The Frenchman suffered a muscle injury in his right thigh in Saturday’s 1-0 Bundesliga defeat at FC Union Berlin. The diagnosis was the result of an MRI scan this Sunday morning.
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It is an expression of solidarity and a tribute to the unique fan culture Under the Cross: Bayer 04 Leverkusen make a special statement with the "50 Years of Fan Clubs" jersey. To mark the founding of the "First Fan Club 1976 Leverkusen", which was followed by many more over the years right up to the present day, the Bundesliga club is commemorating 50 years of passion with this new jersey. Highs and lows, successes celebrated together as well as defeats suffered are manifested in this piece of white fabric, a symbol of unwavering identification with the Werkself.
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