It is impossible to hope no injured players. Xabi Alonso just expects that all the key players are ready in the crucial match. There will be crucial matches in UEL, Victor Boniface is expected to return to the team soon. If we look at the current news, he will recover in the early of the next month. So, he probably will be in the lineup against West Ham in April 12, 2024.
Source: sabcsport.com
Source: sabcsport.com
Theoretically, games with West Ham should not be a problem for Bayer at all, since West Ham are only 7th in the Premier League and they even have a negative goal difference. But it would be great to see Bayer in the optimal lineup + it would be great if Bayer was 100% ready for a potential game with Liverpool. In the Bundesliga, games don't really matter anymore, there are just various statistical points of interest, like how long Bayer's streak of games without defeat can be and whether they can go through the entire season without defeat.
I am feeling some discomfort when I read your post, but no insult intended here.
I thought that Leverkusen would hammer Qarabağ Ağdam in the BayArena and there would not even be a minute of sweating during that game. But I had to once more find out that phrases like "no problem at all" have to be taken with a grain of salt. I can tell you that I bet on Leverkusen win that day to push the odds a little of several multi-bets. I couldn't believe when they were 0-2 down and several slips would have been down the toilet.
I agree with you that under most circumstances, Leverkusen should advance to the next round here. But I think that the Hammers are probably quite a bit stronger than Qarabağ Ağdam.