After several unsuccessful comeback attempts, striker Patrik Schick should be back in the Bayer Leverkusen squad on Thursday for the first time in three and a half months. “He feels better and is safe in the squad,” said coach Xabi Alonso the day before the Europa League game on Thursday (9 p.m. / live on “RTL”) against AS Monaco.
A use from the beginning is excluded. “Of course we need patience,” said the Spaniard. “He needs time before he can play from the start again. But there is a good chance that he can play for 20 or 30 minutes.” How long the Czech Footballer of the Year (three goals this season) actually plays also depends on how the game goes. Schick was last in action on November 1, after which he was absent due to groin problems and most recently due to illness. In 2021/22, the attacking man had contributed 24 goals in 31 games for the “Werkself”.
community All topics relating to Bayer 04Have a say here! After relegation from the “premier class”, Alonso does not consider the Europa League to be a second-class competition. “It’s Europe. And the opponent feels like a Champions League opponent,” said the ex-professional about the third-placed player in French Ligue 1, whose squad includes the three Germans Alexander Nübel, Ismail Jakobs and Kevin Volland. Volland played in Leverkusen from 2016 to 2020. Ex-Gladbacher Breel Embolo is also active for Monaco. Alonso wants “a good result so that we don’t need a miracle in the second leg”. The aim is to get as far as possible.
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