Bayer Leverkusen is about to enter the second round

Werkself also won the second leg against Hapoel Beer’Sheva. However, the local BayArena club temporarily stumbled due to a misunderstanding.

With the best offensive of the entire competition, Bayer Leverkusen are almost certainly in the round of 16 of the Europa League. The Bundesliga third defeated Israeli cup winner Hapoel Be’er Sheva on Thursday night after an overwhelming superiority with 4: 1 and can only be eliminated theoretically. Bayer also scored 14 goals, more than any other of the 48 entrants.

In the remaining two games Bayer should lose in Nice by a maximum of three goals difference and eventually against Slavia Prague even in any figure – and that would be even further. Patrik Schick (29th minute), Leon Bailey (48th), Kerem Demirbay, returned after a long injury, with a nice free kick (76th) and substitute Lucas Alario (80th) scored the goals for Werkself . Itamar Shviro scored the interim 1: 2 for the visitors (58th) after a failure by Tin Jedvaj.

Leverkusen with an offensive formation against defensive bulwark

Lverkusen ran in the offensive system 4-1-2-3 with very high full backs from the first minute against a defensive bulwark. The Israelis, winless from six official matches and quarter-finals from the bottom of the national championship, were concerned only with safety and hardly emphasized the offensive without Dutch Elton Acolatse, who had scored both goals in the first leg.

However, Be’er Sheva defended compactly for a long time. And when the big opportunity presented itself, Bayer failed it miserably: Demirbay received the ball in front of the goal, had all the time in the world, danced and shot from seven meters to the left post on the inside (23 ). The goal was scored six minutes later, when Schick pushed Jedvaj’s header over the line with his stomach after a Nadiem Amiri corner. The statistics at the break reflect the game well: Bayer recorded 11-0 shots on goal, 79% possession and 6-1 corners.

At the latest when Bailey scored 2-0 right after half-time after a nice pass from Wendell and a twist, the game seemed decided. Then the ex-good Croatian Jedvaj, apparently out of habit, played the ball at the feet of one of Juventus’ Croatian opponents, and Shviro pushed him into an empty net. As Polish referee Pawel Gil Bayer also refused a clear penalty after a foul on Moussa Diaby (72nd), the game was unnecessarily closed for a long time. Demirbay then clarified everything.