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"Obviously the winter break did us good, especially after so many midweek fixtures," stressed Alonso at Thursday's press conference. "But since the start of training on 2 January, we've been giving it everything every day to achieve our goals. Now we're looking forward to this magnificent opening and going into it with great motivation." When asked about the absence of a winter training camp this year, the Spaniard said: "We have the best facilities here. And the temperatures don't matter - at the end of the day we're also playing here in Germany tomorrow."
Borussia Dortmund have collected more points at home than any other side in the Bundesliga this season. Nuri Sahin's team have registered six wins and two draws and are still unbeaten at Signal Iduna Park in the league. "It was very close in the Champions League against Barcelona (2-3), too. We'll need our best performance, with and without the ball" added Alonso, who's looking forward to the reunion with Sahin, a former team-mate from Real Madrid in the 2011/12 season. "I'm looking forward to seeing Nuri again. I wish him only the best."
On Granit Xhaka, who left the training pitch early on Tuesday with an ankle problem, Alonso stated: "It remains to be seen. He joined in with parts of training today. Tomorrow we have an activation session, a little training. We'll see."
Victor Boniface, Amine Adli and Jeanuel Belocian will definitely be absent, but Jonas Hofmann is fit again.
Bayer 04 are set to be cheered on by 8,000 away fans on Friday evening.
The second international break of the 2025/26 season will begin after the Bundesliga match against Union Berlin (Saturday, 4 October, 15:30 CEST). The latest information on call-ups.
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Alejo Sarco and Argentina won their second group match at the U20 World Cup in Chile on Wednesday night. They beat Australia 4-1 with Sarco setting the tone early with a goal in the third minute. As in the first group game against Cuba, where Sarco scored twice, the 19-year-old was also named "Player of the Match" against Australia.
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Second game, second draw in the UEFA Champions League 2025/26: The Werkself were held to a 1-1 draw by Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven on matchday two in the league phase. After an early but brief setback in the form of an offside goal by Ivan Perisic for the visitors (5'), the Werkself took control and created numerous good chances in the first half. Leverkusen took a deserved lead after the break in the 65th minute through Christian Kofane. However, PSV's Ismael Saibari replied a few minutes later to level at 1-1 (72').
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In the second match in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League 2025/26, the Werkself host PSV Eindhoven this Wednesday evening, 1 October (kick-off: 21:00 CEST/live on DAZN and on Werkself Radio). PSV have injury problems but are in confident mood after winning two consecutive league titles. PSV coach Peter Bosz and keeper Matej Kovar are two familiar faces who have fond memories of their Bayer 04 days. The latest information on the UCL match at the BayArena can be found in out matchday news.
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Bayer 04 beat PSV Eindhoven 3-2 on matchday two to clock up the next three points in the UCL Youth League 2025/26. In front of just under 500 spectators at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium, the visitors from the Netherlands led at half-time, but the Werkself turned the game round in the second 45. That makes it two wins on the bounce after the victory in Copenhagen.
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