Patrik Schick scored twice in stoppage time to give Bayer Leverkusen a 3-2 win (5-4 aggregate) in the Europa League last 16 second leg on Thursday. They defeated Qarabag 3-2 at home (total score 5-4) to save their unbeaten record and realize their dream of winning the Triple Crown. The victory moved Xavi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen into the Europa League quarter-finals unbeaten after 37 games this season. With Leverkusen trailing 2-1 in the 90th minute, the Czech striker, who had scored in stoppage time of the first leg to level the score at 2-2, scored in the 93rd and 98th minutes to tie the game 2-2. The game reaches its climax. head.
Goal scorer Schick praised his team’s desire on an “incredible night”.
“The team has done it again,” he said of the long unbeaten run. “This is no coincidence. We fought until the end and the team spirit we have at the moment is incredible.”
After trailing 2-0 and drawing 2-2 in Baku, Leverkusen, one of the favorites to win the Europa League, is expected to beat the Azerbaijani foreign team at home.
With the game tied at 0-0 at half-time, Qarabag took the lead midway through the second half when Abdullah Zubir received a cross from Leandro Andrade.
Shortly after Ervin Jafarguliev was sent off for a foul on Frimpong, the visitors were reduced to 10 men and his yellow card was upgraded to a red card by VAR.
Despite being at a disadvantage, Qarabag doubled their lead through Juninho after just five minutes.
Leverkusen pulled a goal back shortly afterwards through Jeremy Frimpong to keep hopes alive.
Forward Schick, who has been criticized for seven league games without a goal since December, equalized after 93 minutes from Alex Grimaldo’s cross.
The game appeared to be heading into stoppage time when Schick scored again, heading in another assist from Grimaldo to seal a fine victory.
“It might not have been our best performance today, but we won with heart and passion,” Alonso told Germany’s RTL network.
“Anything can happen on a football field.”
The victory gave unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen their treble dream, with Alonso’s side 10 points clear of the Bundesliga with nine games remaining and the DFB-Pokal semi-finals.
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