Bayer Leverkusen hopes Afonso Moreira will be available after he suffered a blow in his last test match. The team's first match under new coach Carles Martínez is on Saturday in the DFB Cup.
The wait is almost over. The first match of the season for Leverkusen under new coach Carles Martínez (42) is on Saturday (13:00/Sky) in the DFB Cup against the third-division side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Some personal questions are still open. Afonso Moreira (21) suffered a blow in the last test match on Saturday in Newcastle (2:1) and was replaced by Nathan Tella (27) in the 80th minute. On Tuesday, the Portuguese player was absent from the public training. Leverkusen hopes that the left winger, who came to the club for 30 million euros from Lyon, will be available. In contrast, the game for Robert Andrich (31) at his former club Wehen Wiesbaden is still too early. Andrich is currently training individually due to muscular problems in his thigh. The Bayer team hopes to convince with a strong performance to qualify for the next round of the cup. The team finished last season on the 6th place in the Bundesliga and collected 59 points. In the current season, they have scored 68 goals and conceded 47. They are 30 points behind the leaders Bayern München.