The Kölner Stadt Anzeiger reaches the following conclusion: "Bayer 04 had BVB up against the Yellow Wall at times – and lost." The report continues: "It wasn't really clear whether disappointment or pride had the upper hand with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. They completely dominated the league leaders in front of the most impressive crowd in the Bundesliga. They recovered from setbacks - but lost 3-2 against Borussia Dortmund in the end.“ ...The kick-off was the starting shot for an impressive 30-minute all-out attack by the nominally more defensive Leverkusen side. Julian Brandt, Kai Havertz and Charles Aránguiz ran rings round Dortmund. Such dominance by visitors to the Signal Iduna Park has not been seen for a long time. 75 per cent possession, 200 passes by Leverkusen compared with 80 from Dortmund. The only thing missing for the Werkself was a goal."
The Kicker chose this headline: "No points for Bayer but near to perfection." The report continues: "Bayer pinned back BVB in the first 30 minutes with a mixture of confidence, comfort on the ball and accurate passing and they put them under incredible pressure. Bayer were completely on top at this stage but could not get the ball in the BVB net. ...In the end it was absolutely avoidable defeat."
The Bild Zeitung declares: "Bosz run ends at Dortmund" and they quote the BVB coach Lucien Favre: "We struggled against Bayer." And Lukas Hradecky also shared his assessment: "We were on top of Dortmund up to the first goal. The way we played was good. Therefore, I'm convinced we can finish in the top six."
The Kölnische Rundschau sums up the 90 minutes at Dortmund with the headline: "Pedigree, class and five goals."
And the Dortmund media knew how to correctly rank the flattering victory for BVB. The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports: "League leaders struggle to 3-2 win against Leverkusen." And the Ruhr Nachrichten came to the conclusion from a Borussia perspective: "Luck in games has returned."
Bayer 04 are through to the second round of the DFB Pokal after a 4-0 win at Sonnenhof Großaspach on Friday night. The game was paused after only 18 minutes due to a storm over the ground. After a lengthy delay, play resumed and Patrik Schick opened the scoring. Arthur, Christian Kofane and Alejandro Grimaldo made things more comfortable in the second half, as the fourth-tier side had two players sent off.
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There were no goals across 115 minutes of football between Bayer 04 Women and PSV Eindhoven in Friday’s friendly. Roberto Pätzold’s team played two 45-minute periods before an extra 25 minutes two days prior to heading to Rieden for their training camp. Their Dutch opponents were preparing for their UEFA Women’s Champions League qualifier in 12 days.
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The first round of the DFB Pokal takes Bayer 04 to Sonnenhof Großaspach on Friday. The amateur club have just gained promotion to the fourth-tier Regionalliga Südwest and kicked off their campaign with two impressive wins. Here’s all you need to know as Erik ten Hag makes his competitive bow as Werkself boss at the WIRmachenDRUCK Arena (kick-off: 6pm CEST).
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After two months preparing for the new season, the Werkself play the first game of the 2025/26 campaign on Friday, 15 August (kick-off: 18:00 CEST) away to SG Sonnenhof Großaspach in the first round of the DFB Pokal. Ahead of the tie against the team newly promoted to the Regional League South West, head coach Erik ten Hag talked about his approach to the knockout game and his soft spot for cup competitions.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen has a new Premium Partner in its ranks in Düsseldorf company LumenHaus GmbH. The leading provider of networked home energy solutions has initially agreed a one-year partnership with the Bundesliga runners-up to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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