Qarabag has become the biggest challenge for Leverkusen in the European league this season. They can really make things difficult for Leverkusen. It was a tough match. But I'm sure Leverkusen will be able to beat West Ham in the quarter-finals. What I admire about Leverkusen is their extraordinary winning mentality. They were able to beat Qarabag 3-2 in the second leg after losing 0-2 until the 72nd minute. They really have a good winning mentality. It ended dramatically after Leverkusen scored 2 goals in the 90+ minute. But I'm sure they will perform better when they play against West Ham in the quarter-finals.
I was quite impressed with Qarabag's performance, in the two matches, this team which was not really calculated to be able to give tough resistance to Bayer Leverkusen actually did the opposite, holding a draw in the first match and almost beating Bayer Leverkusen in the second match, it's just that the Bayer players seemed really motivated to continue to do the best for this club because being two goals behind is able to turn things around, although it cannot be denied that competing against a team with 10 players makes it easier for Bayer to continue attacking Qarabag.
Then what about against West Ham, of course they are still the favorites but that doesn't mean it will be easy for Bayer to get past them. West Ham are not as good as Bayer but they still have to be watched out for because in recent seasons they have performed quite well in European competitions so the opportunity for surprising results remains open and Bayer must perform well in these two matches.
After recalling the appearance of Leverkusen, which has a little difficulty against Qarabag, certainly to get rid of Westham will not be as easy as we imagine because all the clubs that qualify for the round of 8 will certainly have strong performance power and Westham is one of the next challenger clubs that will prevent Leverkusen To be able to qualify for the next round.
Although Westham's appearance in the Premier League is not very good, but indeed in this competition, westham will be a strong priority to perform very strongly to issue all the performances to try to defeat Leverkusen.
This is one of Leverkusen's threats if a little mistake can make Xabi Alonso troops will fail to win the uel title this season and in my opinion Xabi must have the right attack strategy in the 1st leg to be able to get a big score at home to get a guarantee to qualify for the semi final.