Bayer 04 Leverkusen head coach, Xabi Alonso, has revealed his doubts over the presence of Tremendous Eagles star, Nathan Tella, for his or her fixture in opposition to Holstein Kiel, Soccernet.ng stories.
The 25-year-old versatile attacker has performed 18 of Leverkusen’s 22 league video games this season, scoring one aim and offering two assists.
Tella performed 85 minutes final weekend in Leverkusen’s goalless draw in opposition to Bayern Munich, earlier than he was changed by Amine Adli, however he picked up a hip damage afterwards.
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The Bundesliga Champions journey to Kiel tomorrow to play relegation-threatened Holstein Kiel, and Alonso shared an replace about Tella’s damage standing.
“We’ll prepare now. We’ll see with Nathan [Tella], there are some doubts with him, however all others are okay [and expected to be available against Kiel tomorrow]. Tella? It’s not an damage, however discomfort. It has one thing to do with the hip. We have to see how he feels right this moment. It’s not gone away, nevertheless it’s additionally not but been determined whether or not he can play,” the Spaniard mentioned in quotes revealed by Werkself Xtra.
Xabi Alonso: “We’ll prepare now. We’ll see with Nathan [Tella], there are some doubts with him, however all others are okay [and expected to be available against Kiel tomorrow].”
On Tella’s points: “It’s not an damage, however discomfort. We have to see how he feels right this moment. It’s not gone… pic.twitter.com/ocYivyMpkB
— WerkselfXtra (@bayer04Xtra) February 21, 2025
Die Werkself have been drawn in opposition to Bayern Munich within the spherical of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, and their Sporting director, Simon Rolfes, is assured his facet can placed on a present in opposition to the six-time winners of the competitors.
“We all know that now we have the standard to beat Bayern and [they] comprehend it as nicely, however we nonetheless have nice respect for them as a result of they’re a high staff. I feel the respect is there on each side. That may not have been the case 10 years in the past, however at present for certain. It was clear that we’d face a high opponent [with Bayern or Real Madrid]. Munich is a staff we all know nicely, however who additionally know us nicely.
“It’s a Spherical of 16 Matchup on a excessive stage. I feel we’ve proven within the duels over the previous couple of years that now we have high quality, that Bayern traditionally in fact have as nicely, however that we [also] are a staff that’s completely aggressive and able to play at this stage and we need to present that within the Spherical of 16 in fact. Ultimately, we all know that these are high video games, and that’s one thing we look ahead to, we would like that. It was our aim to achieve the Spherical of 16 to play in these huge video games and to indicate and use our qualities there,” the 43-year-old revealed.
Leverkusen are at present second on the Bundesliga desk, eight factors behind league leaders, Bayern Munich, and 5 factors above third-place Eintracht Frankfurt.
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