Bayer Leverkusen is the clear favorite in the third game of the Champions League. Coach Xabi Alonso's team will play at Stade Brest. Victor Bonifatius is missing injured after his serious car accident. Patrik Schick will probably play in the storm. The party in the live ticker.

Stade Brest – Bayer Leverkusen (6.45 p.m.)

Champions League: Bayer without Boniface in Brest

Bayer Leverkusen gives Victor Bonifatius a break. Before the Champions League game at Stade Brest on Wednesday, coach Xabi Alonso spoke in detail for the first time about the injuries his player sustained in a serious car accident on Sunday morning. “After what happened, it is also a precautionary measure.” He is missing for health reasons. He has a small wound on his hand, a small cut on his right foot. “But the shock is greater,” said Alonso in the press conference on Tuesday evening.

The news of the accident caused great consternation in Leverkusen. “That was a serious matter and a bigger shock.” The most important thing is that neither he nor his friend have any problems. “It could have been worse and Victor was lucky,” explained Bayer’s coach.

The 23-year-old receives support at the club. “We always try to support our players closely, especially after such stressful events.” Now it’s about seeing how he processes it and where we can help when the initial shock wears off,” said sports director Rolfes.

Patrik Schick, who has only been in the starting line-up once in the Bundesliga, will now be given the place in the center of the attack. “He certainly has more potential.” But he is in good physical shape and mentally ready,” said Rolfes before the game against the eleventh-placed team in the French league, which, like Leverkusen, won the first two group games in the Champions League .