Victim of a minor road accident on Sunday morning, Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface is absent from the group for the match at Guingamp against Brest on Wednesday October 22 in the Champions League, announced coach Xabi Alonso in the Champions League conference. press. “ We spoke with him, it wasn’t too serious, but it was an incident that had an impact. He didn’t train yesterday, he didn’t train today (…) he feels better, but he wasn’t ready for tomorrow, so we used these few days to make him feel better and recover from the emotional shock “, explained Xabi Alonso. “ Physically he’s fine, but it was probably best not to bring him after an event like this », added the Spanish technician. To compensate for the absence of the Nigerian international, author of 7 goals in 10 matches with his club this season, in all competitions, including the winning goal against AC Milan, the Czech Patrik Schick should be aligned at the forefront of Leverkusen’s attack on Brest.
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