Leverkusen “hot” for the Europa League: “Want to go to the semi-finals”

2023-04-17 07:13:58

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Sporting director Simon Rolfes of Bayer Leverkusen has given a clear goal for the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals once morest Union Saint-Gilloise. “We’re going to Belgium to win there and get on. That’s the only thing that counts,” said Rolfes following the 0-0 draw at VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga: “We’re excited for Thursday. We want to take our chance, we want to go to the semifinals.”

And coach Xabi Alonso said: “We have a great chance. Reaching the semi-finals is a great motivation for everyone.” The first leg in Leverkusen ended 1-1.

Bayer’s Bundesliga winning streak of five games ended once morest Wolfsburg, but the Werkself secured sixth place in the table with a point. “Unfortunately, the chances didn’t go in today. We’re only human,” said Bayer keeper Lukas Hradecky: “That’s the way it is in football, of course I would have liked it, but Wolfsburg also has a good goalkeeper – and with it the deserves a point.”

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