He got fit in time: national player Florian Wirtz is in the starting eleven in Bayer Leverkusen’s Europa League final against Atalanta Bergamo.
National player Florian Wirtz is in the starting line-up for German football champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final against Atalanta Bergamo.
Because of a blow to his thigh, the 21-year-old had been out of the squad twice in the previous four games and was only substituted on twice. The day before the final, the Leverkusen team declared that Wirtz had gotten fit in time. He will most likely start in the attack center as the so-called false nine, as he did in the first leg of the semi-final at AS Roma (2-0).
As announced, the Czech Matej Kovar will be in goal in the final, as in all cup games this season. Coach Xabi Alonso left it open whether captain and regular goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky will play in the cup final against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on Saturday. In midfield, Argentinian world champion Exequiel Palacios is preferred over national player Robert Andrich.
Bergamo will have two of the three former Bundesliga players on the field at kick-off: ex-Schalke player Sead Kolasinac and former Leipzig player Ademola Lookman. Mitchel Bakker, who moved to Italy from Leverkusen last summer, will initially be on the bench.
Source: Stern
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