Bayer Leverkusen sent the bottom line SpVgg Greuther Fürth home with a 7: 1 package. Patrik Schick scored four goals.
Patrik Schick got his well-deserved standing ovation ten minutes before the final whistle. Coach Gerardo Seoane granted the player of the game the tribute he deserved from the audience after his four-pack at 7-1 (3-1) against the overwhelmed SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
The Czech EM star thanked the fans with applause after the final whistle and had already secured a match ball. “In the first half I didn’t shoot on goal. The second half was like opening the ketchup bottle. It was a nice evening,” said Schick on Sky. The fans celebrated him with “Schick-Schick” chants. He was the first Bayer professional to put together a four-pack in just one half in the Bundesliga.
“Our goal is to get into the Champions League,” said the striker. The bottom group was a welcome opponent for the Werkself, it was the twelfth bankruptcy in a row for the Kleeblatt. After their third win in a row, Leverkusen continues to lead the chasing group in third behind record champions Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
In shape, Amine Adli (12th) gave the Werkself an artistic lead. Edmond Tapsoba (17th) followed up with a header goal. Fürth made the connection through Jeremy Dudziak (33.), Piero Hincapie (45.) restored the two-goal lead with his first Bundesliga goal shortly before the break. Schick (49./69./74./76.) Increased after the break and topped up his season account to twelve goals.
Fürth already with an eighth away defeat
Fürth is waiting for the first win of the season and with the eighth defeat away from home this season has already set the number of bankruptcies abroad from the previous only Bundesliga season 2012/13. At that time, the SpVgg was relegated.
That’s what it looks like this season too. Since the introduction of the three-point rule in the 1995/96 season, no club has caught up twelve points behind the non-relegation places.
In front of national coach Hansi Flick, both teams needed a few minutes to find their way into the match in uncomfortable, wet and cold conditions. Then Bayer acted ice cold. The first big chance headed Adli after an exemplary cross from compatriot Moussa Diaby worth seeing into the far corner.
Send with four goals in 27 minutes
Leverkusen, which in the past few weeks had repeated problems with the conversion of chances, followed suit with the next attack by the free-standing Tapsoba, who scored his first goal of the season.
Previously, the alleged equalizer by Maximilian Bauer was not recognized because of an offside position (15th). Fürth sniffed through a deep sleep on the Bayer defensive but at least briefly on the second point win of the season.
Bayer captain Lukas Hradecky was powerless with Dudziak’s sharp shot. The same goes for Fürth’s goalkeeper Marius Funk at the end of Hincapie, who with the hosts’ third shot on goal made the one hundred percent exploitation of the chances in the first half perfect.
In the second half, Leverkusen easily downplayed the lead against discouraged Fürth and increased it with Schick’s four-pack.
Bayer Leverkusen – Greuther Fürth: Voices
Gerardo Seoane (coach Bayer Leverkusen): “The first half was even. We scored 3-1 at the right time. We had difficulties developing. It speaks for the quality of the team that they made so much of the chances. Compliments.”
Stefan Leitl (coach SpVgg Greuther Fürth): “We had to lick a couple of emotional wounds in the dressing room. Congratulations to Leverkusen on a fully deserved victory. It’s always difficult to find the right words after a 7-1 win The break. The 1: 4 falls too early. You have to take your hat off to Leverkusen and their quality. “
