Lucas Alario
Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz, left, has his shot blocked by Nice's Stanley Nsoki, right, during the Europa League Group C soccer match between Nice and Bayer Leverkusen at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Arsenal at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (Alex Livesey/Pool via AP)
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Leverkusen's Lucas Alario, left, and Saarbruecken's Manuel Zeitz, right, go for a hader during the German soccer cup, DFB Pokal, semi-final match between 1. FC Saarbruecken and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Voelklingen, Germany, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Ronald Wittek/Pool Photo via AP)
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Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich of Muenchen wears a shirt with a message reading 'Red against racism #blacklivesmatter' as he warms up before the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich in Leverkusen, Germany, Saturday, June 6, 2020. (Matthias Hangst, Pool via AP)
Black Lives Matter in Bundesliga, Bayern keeps winning

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