Leverkusen is a team that LFC have become very familiar with in recent seasons while playing in the Champions League. LFC first met and went out to the German team in the 2001-02 season, who upset the odds and overturned at 1-0 anfield lead. The return leg was nothing less than spectauar for the then Bundesliga leaders who produced a 4-2 home win to go through to the semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate. In the process they robbed us the chance to go head to head with Man Scum and finally took our place in the final (which they lost to Madrid).
The rematch came earlier this year when LFC played against them in the last-16 round of the European Cup/Champions League and breezed past the seeded team with two 3-1 wins and 6-2 on aggregate. The rest of course is history, as Liverpool went on to upset the odds by beating Juventus, Chealsea and the AC Milan to win the trophy for the fifth time (and for keeps!)
This friendly certainly won't have the same feveour of previous encounters, but will prove a strong test to Liverpool (who probably won't meed them again this season as Leverkusen only qualified for the UEFA Cup this season.) After this the team will be preparing to fly back to England to play the return leg against TNS at Wrexham and then back over to Switzerland to continue their summer training camp.It will be an evening kick-off at 7:30 pm, local time (6:30pm GMT; 1:30pm EST; & 10:30am PST).
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