Bayer Leverkusen - CM

[Jam_Van_Dam]

Adler shocks Leverkusen

Rene Adler who has been undoubtely Leverkusen's best player this season has shocked the club by requesting a transfer away from the club. The 26 year old german has been on fine form this season and has played a huge part in Bayer's success with 3 clean sheets and 3 Man of the match awards. It will be interesting to see which big clubs will make a move for the highly rated goalkeeper and if Leverkusen manager Sami Hyypia will accept Adlers wishes and allow the move.

Adler in training
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[Jam_Van_Dam]

Matchday 4
Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 1 Borussia Dortmund
Barrios 22' (BDM)
Ballack (p) X 33' (LKN)
Kadlec 75' (LKN)

Match Facts
5 Shots 6
2 Shots on target 3
52% Possession 48%
12 Tackles 16
3 Fouls 1
0 Offsides 0
2 Corners 4
40% Shot Accuracy 50%
81% Pass Accuracy 83%
Manof the match: Mats Hummels (BDM) 7.00
Passes Completed 10/10
Dribbles Completed 3/3
Tackles Won 3/5
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Rene Adler sat on the bench as his team fell to defeat at the hands of Borussia Dortmund. Replacement keeper Leno was at fault for the goal as his mistake led to Barrios giving Borussia the lead 22 minutes in. Ballack had a chance to level the game shortly after from the penalty spot however his shot was well saved by keeper Weidenfeller. The win takes Dortmund back up to 2nd only 2 points of league leaders Bayern Munich.

[Jam_Van_Dam]

Adler sold, Hyypia unhappy

Rene Adler has completed his move away from Bayer Leverkusen to English premier league giants Manchester United. However there is controversy behind the transfer as it appears it was the decision of the club and not the manager. In a brief interview with Sami Hyypia the former Finland player was not impressed: "I rejected a offer from Arsenal over €11M because i believe Rene is worth alot more than that not because i refused to sell him. Then the board decide to accept the very first next offer we get which was only €8.5M from Manchester United. It doesn't matter though because i'm only the manager!" The departure means that Adler is the 3rd player to leave Leverkusen this summer while nobody has arrived but with 1 day of the transfer market remaining things could change.

[Jam_Van_Dam]

Welcome to this special edition of Sky Sports transfer deadline day. With only 10 hours left till the end of the transfer window time is running out for clubs however with alot of rumours going around you can expect a busy day and you can follow everything right here with Sky Sports.

The following is a list of big transfers around the world that have happened in the current transfer window:

Player/From/To/€
W Sneijder/Inter Milan/Real Madrid/34M
L Lopez/Lyon/Juventus/19.5M
L Holtby/Shalke/Wolfsburg/16M
A Lennon/Tottenham/Liverpool/15.5M
D Agger/Liverpool/Malaga/14.5M
H Badstuber/Bayern Munich/Atletico Madrid/14M
B Ivanovic/Chelsea/PSG/13.5M

Transfer Deadline Day

10 Hours: Bayer Leverkusen appear to be interested in German internal Lukas Podolski, meanwhile Bayern Munich midfielder David Alaba is set to leave Munich after being transfer listed.

9 Hours: Tottenham defender Kaboul looks certain to be heading to Old Trafford as the Manchester club offer a fee of around €13.5M for the talented player.

8 Hours: Still no deals been made however we can confirm Manchester United are in talks with Inter Milan over highly rated central midfielder Cambiasso

7 Hours: Valencia sign Croatian striker Mladen Petric from Hamburger SV for a fee of €9.5M.

6 Hours: Lucas Leiva leaves Liverpool to join Lazio for around a fee of €12.5M.

5 Hours: Leverkusen reject a €6M offer from Borussia Dortmund for midfielder and captain Rolfes.

4 Hours: Leverkusen again reject a bid for Rolfes this time from French side Paris Saint German.

3 Hours: BREAKING NEWS!!! Inter Milan have had a €43M bid accepted by Real Madrid for striker Benzema. The french man joins Inter on a 4 year deal at €174.400 per week.

2 Hours: Marseille sign Mavuba from French rivals Losc Lille for €13.5M.

1 Hour: Genoa sign Ledesma from Italian rivals Lazio for €12.5M

Deadline: Manchester United complete signing of Tottenham defender Kaboul for €13.5M. Also with minutes remaining Sevilla managed to complete the signing of Atletico Madrid's Tiago for €5.5M. That concludes todays tranfer deadline special and im sure the talking point around the world is Benzema's 43 Million Euros move to Italian giants Inter Milan.

[Jam_Van_Dam]

Matchday 5
Augsburg 1 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen
Koo 7' (AUG)
Derdiyok 15' (LKN)
Kiebling 86' (LKN)

Match Facts
2 Shots 9
1 Shots on target 6
41% Possession 59%
15 Tackles 2
1 Fouls 1
0 Offsides 0
2 Corners 4
50% Shot Accuracy 66%
79% Pass Accuracy 87%
Manof the match: Simon Rolfes (LKN) 6.80
Passes Completed 25/28
Dribbles Completed 17/18

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Although Bayer Leverkusen dominated they left it late to grab the winner in today's match at Augsburg. Sami Hyypia's team controlled the game from start to finish but it took them till the 86th to take the lead with a goal through combining subsitutes Barnetta (assist) and Kiebling (goal). Fans were furious after seeing Leverkusen losing 1 of their best players Rene Adler then failing to spend any of the money from the deal on the last day of the transfer market but perhaps this performance will change that. Leverkusen now sit in 4th place in the Bundesliga 5 points behind league leaders Bayern Munich who have won 5 out of 5.


Other Bundesliga scores
Stuttgart 1 - 2 Hannover
Koln 1 - 0 Nurnberg
Mainz 1 - 1 Hoffenhiem
Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Freiburg
Borussia Dortmund 4 - 0 Hertha Berlin
Augsburg 1 - 2 Bayer Leverkusen
Wolfsburg 1 - 1 Shalke
Borussia Monchengladbach 3 - 1 Kaiserslautern
Werder Bremen 2 - 2 Hamburg

[Jam_Van_Dam]

Matchday 6
Bayer Leverkusen 1 – 2 Koln
Novakovic 56' (KLN)
Ballack (p) 60' (LKN)
Podolski 68' (KLN)

Match Facts
8 Shots 10
4 Shots on target 6
47% Possession 53%
14 Tackles 15
2 Fouls 3
1 Offsides 1
2 Corners 3
50% Shot Accuracy 60%
83% Pass Accuracy 87%
Manof the match: Podolski (LKN) 6.90
Goals 1
Passes Completed 24/26
Dribbles Completed 17/17

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Bayer Leverkusen fell to their 2nd defeat of the season today against struggling Koln in today's Bundesliga match. Ironically it was Leverkusen transfer target Lukas Podolski who inflicted the damage on Bayer with his goal and Man of the match performance. The result leaves Leverkusen 5th while Koln jump up to 10th.

Other Bundesliga scores
Hamburg 2 - 0 Borussia Monchengladbach
Kaiserslautern 2 - 1 Mainz
Nurnberg 1 -1 Werder Bremen
Hoffenhiem 2 - 1 Wolfsburg
Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 2 Koln
Hertha Berlin 2 - 1 Augsburg
Freiburg 0 - 3 Stuttgart
Shalke 0 - 1 Bayern Munich
Hannover 0 - 2 Borussia Dortmund

[Jam_Van_Dam]

Matchday 7
Bayern Munich 5 – 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Gomez 6' (BMN)
Kroos 11' (BMN)
Friedrich 17' (LKN)
Gomez 27' (BMN)
Ribery 34' (BMN)
Ballack 58' (LKN)
Kroos 59' (BMN)
Petersen 66' (BMN)

Match Facts
16 Shots 1
7 Shots on target 0
52% Possession 48%
13 Tackles 21
3 Fouls 5
0 Offsides 2
5 Corners 0
43% Shot Accuracy 0%
86% Pass Accuracy 76%
Manof the match: Kroos (BMN) 8.70
Goals 2
Assists 2
Shots on target 2/4
Passes Completed 42/46
Dribbles Completed 20/23

Munich 11: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Kjaer, Luiz Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Tymoshchuk, Kroos, Ribery, Robben, Gomez.
Leverkusen 11: Leno, Corluka, Reinartz, Friedrich, Kadlec, Rolfes, Ballack, Renato Augusto, Schurrle, Sam, Derdiyok.

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Bayern Munich continued there 100% winning streak as they demolished rivals Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 at the Allianz Arena. The Bundesliga team had complete control of the game and never looked like conceding a goal as they allowed Leverkusen only 1 shot at goal the entire match. Munich have sent a warning to Borussia Dortmund and all the other Bundesliga teams and it's a big 1!.

Other Bundesliga scores
Augsburg 0 - 1 Hannover
Mainz 2 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich 5 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen
Borussia Monchengladbach 0 - 1 Nurnberg
Shalke 3 - 0 Freiburg
Stuttgart 1 - 2 Hamburg
Wolfsburg 1 - 1 Kaiserslautern
Werder Bremen 3 - 0 Hertha Berlin
Koln 1 - 1 Hoffenhiem

Bundesliga Table
Pos/Team/P/GD/PTS
1. Bayern Munich 7 +14 21
2. Borussia Dortmund 7 +12 17
3. Schalke 7 +7 13
4. Hamburg 7 +3 13
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5. Werder Bremen 7 +5 12
6. Hoffenheim 7 +3 10
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8. Bayer Leverkusen 7 -3 10

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18. Freiburg 7 -10 6
19. Augsburg 7 -6 3
20. Borussia Monchengladbach 7 -7 3

Champions

Champions League
Europa League
Relegation

[Matt10]

This is a good read, nice to see some Bundesliga action. I remember watching the Bundesliga weekly highlight show every morning overseas - that commentator who does that is so iconic.

Good work - nice, clean format.