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February 27th, 2009

tricky match against Hannover ahead

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Leverkusen’s visit of Hannover 96 is one of the trickier encounters as their opposition is far better than their lower table performance shows. Although many tabbed 96 to threaten the top six, the have been slaughtered with injuries and now only three points out of the relegation zone. Combined with their inability to win on [...]



February 23rd, 2009

Werkself loses to Hamburg

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Düsseldorf as the temporary home has not worked so well for Leverkusen yet as they lost 2-1 to Hamburg Sunday afternoon. While Leverkusen was able to control the general run of play early, Hamburg took the lead after eighteen minutes when José Guerrero sent the ball back to Marcell Jansen in the penalty area before [...]

February 21st, 2009

big chance for Werkself

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Hamburg SV visit to Düsseldorf takes on even greater importance for Werkself now with both Bayern and Hoffenheim falling short of a win on Sunday afternoon. With a victory Leverkusen will pull within a top of the top spot.
Ahead of the match coach Bruno Labbadia said:
“HSV are very well organised and they have the ability [...]

February 17th, 2009

Toni Kroos debut coming soon

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Leverkusen received a major boost yesterday with the debut of Toni Kroos in a friendly against Legia Warsaw. Along with Hungarian international goalkeeper Gábor Király who is only loan from Burnley, the major interest was how the new players worked into the lineup. While still lacking fitness, Kroos was involved in attacks before the break [...]

February 13th, 2009

Werkself dominates 1899 AGAIN

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Just as the third week of the season when Werkself easily beat Hoffenheim 5-2, once again Bruno Labbadia’s side defeated them 4-1 Friday evening. Like the Bundesliga 2 side they were last year, Hoffenheim were run over by the clearly superiour Leverkusen.
In front of a packed Rhein-Neckar Arena, the home side was run off [...]



February 12th, 2009

Werkself must respond against 1899

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The disappointing start of the new year has seen Leverkusen drop five crucial points to Hoffenheim and going into tomorrows match at the Rhein-Neckar Arena in Sinsheim and Bruno Labbadia knows they must put a halt to the skid.
1899 enters the match with its own problems as they have won only twice in the [...]

February 8th, 2009

a bad start in Düsseldorf

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Leverkusen’s Bundesliga start in Düsseldorf got off on the wrong foot, losing 4-2 to Stuttgart. Although there were complaints of the pitch, that is no excuse as the visitor;s had to deal with surface. The loss, while softened by Hoffenheim being held to a draw by Gladbach, springs the Bundesliga race wide open as Leverkusen [...]

February 6th, 2009

Schwaben come to Düsseldorf

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With the home match in Düsseldorf, a large crowd will cheer on Leverkusen against visiting Stuttgart. After the 1-1 draw in Dortmund, Bruno Labbadia is anxious for the first win of the new year as they have fell five points behind Hoffenheim, saying:
“This is the stage where we have to win games. Especially against teams [...]

February 6th, 2009

Werkself honoured!

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Four members of Werkself have been honoured with a selection die Mannschaft. Joachim Löw has called upon René Adler, Simon Rolfes, Patrick Helmes und Stefan Kießling. Germany will play a friendly agains Norway next Wednesday Düsseldorf.
With Stefan Kießling being selected for his second appearance for Germany, Bruno Labbadia decided to have a bit of funny. [...]

February 2nd, 2009

Angelos Charistea comes in from Nuremberg

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Leverkusen had a busy final day of the transfer window with two Greek internationals strikers involved in loan deals. Angelos Charistea comes in from Nuremberg of the second division with Theofanis Gekas moving to Portsmouth in England’s Premier League. Both situations have options to make the deals permanent.






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