Bayer Leverkusen hosting the Supercup struggling with VfB

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On the 17th of August, the Supercup competition between Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart will happen at Leverkusen's BayArena, their home stadium. The German Football League (DFL) made this pronouncement on Thursday. It's set to begin at 8:30 pm, and viewers can catch up on the game through SAT.1 and Sky.

However, Stuttgart didn't seem too thrilled by this decision. Their managing director, Alexander Wehrle, wasn't pleased with the DFL presidium's choice to conduct the Supercup game at a venue that doesn't belong to the most modern grounds in Germany, with an accommodation capacity of 60,000, rather than choosing one of the DFB Cup games for Leverkusen, the champion, and their rival Stuttgart, the vice-champion. He believed this was a strange move, as both clubs deserved more. "Stuttgart and the VfB deserved better," he commented on the club's official website.

The other DFB Cup games featuring Leverkusen and Stuttgart against Carl Zeiss Jena and Preußen Münster had been transferred already. The DFL is projected to declare the calendars for the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga on July 4, as mentioned in their statement on Thursday.

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1. The Supercup match takes place at the Sky-visible BayArena in North Rhine-Westphalia's Leverkusen.
2. Bayer Leverkusen, from Leverkusen, Baden-Württemberg, will compete against VfB Stuttgart in the BayArena.
3. The home team faced criticism from Stuttgart's managing director, who felt that their modern stadium should have been considered for the game.
4. Soccer fans in Germany will enjoy watching the Supercup broadcast on Sat.1 and Sky.
5. Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the German champions, will clash with VfB Stuttgart, the vice-champions, in the August 17 Supercup event.
6. The BayArena can accommodate an impressive 60,000 spectators, but DFL presidium's choice of venue sparked criticism from Stuttgart's managing director.
7. Despite Stuttgart's criticisms, both Leverkusen and Stuttgart will compete in other Bundesliga and DFB Cup games all over Germany.

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