Leverkusen - Berlin. May 30 Olympic Stadium. A day that will change the future of Bayer Leverkusen crucial. Cup final.
Against Werder Bremen. 90 minutes. Perhaps 120th Penalty criminals - anything is possible. Only one thing may not happen: a defeat.
It would not only flow bitter tears. And the whole project could be shaken Bayer geraten.Ein another year without international football - given the highly talented team, a sporting declaration of bankruptcy. Whether the stars one more year to be honest football league do?
It is no accident that some players of Bayer appear on the wish lists of other clubs. And march ahead of Bayern.
Patrick Helmes - should such a hot rumor - Go to the Säbener road when Mario Gomez still call it off. And Rene Adler is another candidate who is traded in the master record.
The 23-year-old is next to National Keeper Manuel Neuer and Robert Enke in the very narrow raffle for the post as the future number one in Munich.
In Leverkusen, they remain cool. "We want to give anyone", says club boss Wolfgang wooden houses, "we want to keep this team."
But what happens when the wave Bavaria with the checkbook? By the way, players could on the big stage Champions League their skills before the World Cup in 2010 to the test. Are there better change-up arguments?
Sport boss Rudi Voeller will have none. Of the Bayern had reported to him, nobody. therefore want: "This is not an issue." Gerd von Bruch, the helmet consultant, says: "There was no contact." Then he admits, but also include: "Should give Patrick Bayer, then there must be composed."
And Adler? He wants to play strictly in the new Bayer Arena. But if Bayern can only play once their muscles, he could also be soft. One thing is clear: Only in a Cup triumph Bayer could keep its stars!
