Schick burns a big chance, both Czech hammermen criticized in the base

Only Adam Hložek of the five Czechs did not make it into the starting line-up in the Leverkusen vs. West Ham match due to injury. His teammate Patrik Schick, on the other hand, did and missed one big chance in the first half.

A clash of five Czech players at a level in which no home team features is unprecedented. Patrik Schick, Adam Hložek and Matěj Kovář against Tomáš Souček and Vladimír Coufal, it should have been a great and balanced duel.

All the more so because Soucek and Coufal were questioned whether they would play at all. In fact, coach David Moyes pulled them off at half-time at Wolverhampton at the weekend and was critical of their deployment in his press conference.

Schick missed his best chance

West Ham had a decent chance after just ten minutes, but Mohammed Kudus headed just wide of the target after a quick action. But otherwise the visitors from Germany dominated, but only after a large whitewash. Then David Moyes’ traditional buses worked.

In any case, Patrik Schick managed to get free in the 30th minute and tested Lukasz Fabianski with a left-footed shot. But he was able to intervene. Bayer didn’t take advantage of the pressure in the rest of the first half and played goalless after halftime.

Unbeaten Leverkusen

Leverkusen are currently on an incredible unbeaten streak, having not found an opponent in the Bundesliga, Europa League or League Cup. They lead the German league by an incredible 16 points.

West Ham, on the other hand, have the easiest route to the cups through winning the Europa League. In the event of an aggregate win, that would mean progression to the Champions League group stage, but that’s a long way off.

Source: RTVS Sport