Leverkusen - The last mission will start Tuesday morning at eleven clock. Then the plane takes almost meaningless game for the Leverkusen-off in Zurich.
When FC winless in four games Michael Skibbe will send the second priority Guard to work. "There are also times show those who had not previously been so much opportunity to play," said the Bayer coach.
Rene Adler, who complained for weeks of pain in the finger, just get a breather as Sergei Barbarez. Arturo Vidal and Bernd Schneider have already been logged out injured.
In goal will probably be Benedict Fernandez, will give his farewell performance of Ricardo Faty on loan from AS Roma. The Italians want the talented Frenchman back, because he gets too little match practice at Bayer. In the attack, the Russians Dimitryi Bulikin hopes on his first mission from the beginning.
"Nevertheless, we want an upbeat ending of the first round," said sporting director Rudi Voeller after the 2:5-bust at Werder Bremen. "And for that we need a win in Zurich."
We are talking in, too, at what: A success would mean in the last 32 in the second leg home advantage - in the European Cup always an advantage.
That would be good for the party that followed: For the official Christmas party increases after the match in the Swiss city in the European Championship stadium Letziggrund. Around 90 people fly to Switzerland to celebrate with the team a really good year for Bayer.
