After the top match on Sunday, Werkself captain Lukas Hradecky presented 140 blankets to the local homeless charity. The Finland international keeper talked to the volunteers on site about this important community activity.
Equally welcome was the extent of the comprehensive financial and other donations from employees at Bayer 04. That means this St. Nicholas Day (6 December) will see 100 jam-packed bags presented to Leverkusen citizens who come to the Kältegang Leverkusen meeting point on the Wiesdorfer Markplatz on Wednesday. This is the fourth time this collection has been held.
In addition, funds raised by fans donating the deposit from their cups at Werkself home games will also go to Kältegang Leverkusen. Collection bins on the bottom tier are sited in the immediate vicinity of the exits in the North Stand and also centrally opposite blocks SD3/D3.
Bayer 04 will have to manage without defender Guéla Doué for the time being. The Ivory Coast international sustained a muscle injury to his right calf during the final Werkself training session yesterday ahead of the Europa League clash with Slovenian champions NK Celje.
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Two home matches on Saturday afternoons and three long away trips: the German Football Association (DFB) has finalised the fixtures for a further five matchdays in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga. This means all of the Bayer 04 Women’s team league fixtures are now confirmed up to the end of November.
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Construction work continues on the ‘Haus der Talente’ on Kurtekottenweg in Leverkusen, where 36 young elite athletes will find a new home from next summer. The building team from Temmink Bau, led by Thomas Wellers, are hard at work. Over the past few days, excavators, wheeled loaders and rollers have removed 2,500 cubic metres of soil to excavate the basement.
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In a top-quality encounter, the Bayer 04 women’s team lost 3-2 at home to Bayern Munich. Paulina Tomasiak opened the scoring with a free-kick (36’) and also netted a superb goal to make it 2–1 (52’). Vanessa Gilles (51') and Edna Imade (68') equalised for FC Bayern in a fast-paced and extremely entertaining match. Alara Sehitler sealed the win late on for the reigning champions.
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