Bayer 04 Leverkusen secured some extent at dwelling towards Borussia Dortmund, all due to a late strike from Victor Boniface after Julian Ryerson scored the opener.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen’s Sports activities Managing director, Simon Rolfes, has defined that the German membership won’t stand in the way in which of the gamers referred to as up for the AFCON match subsequent 12 months January, Soccernet.ng experiences.

This comes as a response to the outrage from the membership’s CEO, Fernando Carro, as he voiced his displeasure over the timing and schedule of the African Cup of Nations match, claiming he may go to court docket to file a dispute over the difficulty.

Die Werkself at the moment homes 5 Africans together with Nigerian duo – Nathan Tella and Victor Okoh Boniface. Odillon Koussonou (Ivory Coast), Edmond Tapsoba(Burkina Faso), and Amine Adli (Morrocco) full the listing.

In new info revealed by Kicker.de, Leverkusen will launch these gamers for the AFCON match that may maintain in Ivory Coast from thirteenth January to eleventh February, 2024.

Simon Rolfes, 41, donned the Die Schwarzroten jersey 377 occasions earlier than retiring to select up the Sporting director function, and aired his opinion on the state of affairs, claiming the membership doesn’t need to be disrespectful to the gamers concerned, and the nations they’ll be representing.

“When they’re referred to as up, in addition they go,” Rolfes instructed Kicker.de, regarding the 5 African gamers that shall be probably representing their nation on the match subsequent 12 months.

Xabi Alonso’s males are at the moment high of the league after 13 matchdays, profitable eleven and drawing simply two.