players will try hard and may even play better knowing that Ten Hag is gone, but Frankfurt is not an easy opponent, even though Bayer beat them twice last season.
I just found out that Leverkusen has officially appointed Kasper Hjulmand. I am more familiar with Ten Hag by name, but perhaps that is because his track record is not very good. As for Kasper Hjulmand, I see that he also has a fairly good history, so perhaps he can lead Leverkusen better than Ten Hag. I have also heard that the selection of Ten Hag as coach has been acknowledged as a mistake, and management does not want to make any more mistakes.
Kasper Hjulmand is a former Danish footballer and after retiring from football he served as manager for the Danish national team for a while and he was successful there so Leverkusen must have done well by giving this manager the responsibility of their club and I believe that Leverkusen will do better under this manager than Ten Hag at least. Leverkusen supporters I have not seen anyone from the management of Leverkusen speaking in favor of Ten Hag which means it was certain in advance that if this manager did not do well he would be removed from his job and that is what Leverkusen did. Leverkusen dismissed him in the middle of the season which means that this manager will have to pay Leverkusen the entire season's salary. Still, Leverkusen is not looking at money but looking at the performance of their club and that is why such a decision has been made by the club.