I’ll start with the bad news. Pirmin Schwegler has again torn his interior cruciate ligament. He’ll be out for at least six weeks and will therefore miss his chance to make his senior international debut. Ouch. Get better soon, Schwegler.
Then comes the boring. Bayern’s new #1, Michael Rensing states the obvious and says that his club will soon regain the top spot. Yawn. Tell us something we don’t know will you, Rensing? Mind you, I’m quite confident this Bayer team will make a good fight of it, better than they have in recent years.
Lastly, the Werkself’s next match is against Schalke 04, another club that can be relied on to choke at any sniff of title aspirations. Heh. At least we have company.
You know it’s a slow news period when even the Bild doesn’t have anything trashy for me to poke fun at.
I imagine that the Nov 29th showdown with Bayern will be important for more than just a result from the head-to-head showdown. With a win I think the Werkself has a good shot to put some distance between themselves and Bayern, especially considering the competition Bayern face in the run-up to the Winter Break. Ribery’s return has coincided with a (mostly) easy stretch for Bayern, which will continue through the Gladbach and Cottbus games. At the moment Leverkusen’s the vanguard, who must hold the Bavarians at the gate!
My, that got awfully dramatic at the end there.