"Bundesliga sides Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen could potentially be drawn against each other in the Champions League playoff round next month after both failed to qualify directly from the tournament's league stage on Wednesday night. Direct progression was already impossible for Leverkusen and only mathematically possible for Dortmund ahead of Wednesday's games, but the German teams ended up 16th and 17th respectively, meaning that they could face each other in a two-legged playoff when the draw is conducted on Friday."
"Leverkusen's comfortable 3-0 win over Spanish side Villarreal saw them secure a seeded position in the playoff draw while Dortmund's 0-2 defeat to Italian giants Inter Milan saw them finish one point behind Leverkusen in an unseeded position hence why the two could now meet. Bayern Munich had already qualified automatically for the knock-out stage ahead of their 2-1 win away at Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, and wil"
Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a tougher, more self-confident Europe in a foreign policy address and criticized US President Trump's remarks about European NATO troops in Afghanistan. Deutsche Bank announced record profits one day after a money-laundering raid. Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen could be drawn against each other in the Champions League playoff after both failed to qualify directly from the group stage. Leverkusen secured a seeded position with a 3-0 win over Villarreal while Dortmund finished unseeded after a 0-2 loss to Inter Milan. Bayern Munich had already qualified for the knockout stage following a 2-1 win at PSV Eindhoven.
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