◉ Bayer Leverkusen vs. Qarabag live: I followed the match minute by minute

Result, goals and summary of the match Bayer Leverkusen vs. Qarabag, for the round of 8 of the UEFA Europa League.

The round of 16 match 8 of the Europa League 2023-2024 tournament, played at the BayArena stadium, was dominated by B. Leverkusen, with an outstanding performance by Patrik Schick and a 3-2 win against Qarabag. The goals of the match for the local team were scored by Jeremie Frimpong (26′ 2T) and Patrik Schick (47′ 2T and 52′ 2T). While the away goals were scored by Abdellah Zoubir (12′ 2T) and Juninho (21′ 2T).

In the 21st minute of the second stage, Juninho raised Qarabag’s spirits and won all the applause. After receiving an assist from Marko Vesovic, the forward placed it to the right post and down. Impossible for the archer!

Patrik Schick’s performance positioned him as the most outstanding player of the match. The Bayer Leverkusen forward showed his best level by scoring 2 goals and shooting 3 times into the opponent’s goal.

Jeremie Frimpong also played a good game. The Bayer Leverkusen midfielder scored 1 goal and looked for the opposite goal with 4 shots.

At 31 minutes into the first stage, midfielder Abdellah Zoubir raised the crowd with a pipe to Florian Wirtz.

Several infractions in the middle of the field forced the pace of the game to be cut. There were 3 cautions: Patrik Schick, Juninho and Andrey Lunev. Elvin Jafarguliyev was sent off for a straight red card in the 63rd minute of the second half.

B. Leverkusen’s strategist, Xabi Alonso Olano, stopped the starting eleven with a 3-6-1 formation with Matej Kovár in goal; Odilon Kossounou, Edmond Tapsoba and Piero Hincapié on the defensive line; Robert Andrich, Granit Xhaka, Jeremie Frimpong, Jonas Hofmann, Florian Wirtz and Amine Adli in the middle; and Borja Iglesias in the attack.

For their part, those chosen by Gurban Gurbanov took the field with a 4-5-1 formation with Andrey Lunev between the three sticks; Marko Vesovic, Bahlul Mustafazade, Badavi Huseynov and Elvin Jafarguliyev in defense; Júlio Romão, Marko Jankovic, Leandro Andrade, Yassine Benzia and Abdellah Zoubir in the midfield; and Juninho up front.

Anthony Taylor was appointed as the main referee for the match at the BayArena stadium.

Bayer Leverkusen ended Qarabag’s dream by defeating him in the second leg and thus was able to reach the quarterfinals of this competition.