Interview mit Leverkusens Sportdirektor Simon Rolfes „Jeder hat das Gefühl, wichtig zu sein“
Interview | Köln · Der Sportdirektor von Bayer Leverkusen, Simon Rolfes, spricht vor dem Duell mit dem 1. FC Köln über eigene Derby-Erfahrungen und Florian Wirtz.

Sportdirektor von Bayer Leverkusen: Simon Rolfes.
Foto: picture alliance/dpa/Marius BeckerBayer 04 Leverkusen kommt an diesem Mittwoch als Tabellenführer der Fußball-Bundesliga und mit Ex-FC-Spieler Florian Wirtz zum Derby ins Rheinenergiestadion. Mit Bayer-Sportdirektor Simon Rolfes (38) hat sich Martin Sauerborn unterhalten.
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