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Patrik Schick has eased any worries about a potential injury after an eventful display in Bayer Leverkusen’s Europa League win over Lech Poznan.
Leverkusen won 4-0 at Enea Stadion, moving them up to second in the league phase standings after matchday two, behind Juventus only on goals scored.
It was a bizarre outing for Schick, who was introduced in the 18th minute after an injury to Martin Terrier, and then scored two penalties before being substituted off in the 76th minute.
Schick is only the second player in UEFA’s main competitions since the 1992-93 season who entered the match as a substitute and converted two penalties – the first being David McMillan in the Rapid Wien v Dundalk match in November 2020.
Overall, it was a comfortable victory for Carles Martinez’s side, who also saw Ibrahim Maza and Malik Tillman get on the scoresheet.
Leverkusen accumulated 5.34 expected goals (xG) from their 22 attempts, eight of which were Opta-defined big chances, while restricting their opponents to 0.46 xG.
There were worries Schick had also been taken off through injury, but the Czech striker confirmed that was not the case.
“I told him [Martinez] at halftime that I felt good and that he didn’t need to worry,” said Schick, who has scored eight goals in as many games this season.
8 games, 8 goals https://t.co/nhWpVhc3Sk
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) October 15, 2026
“But he didn’t want to take any risks. I wanted to score the third goal, but everything’s fine.”
Leverkusen have won 16 of their last 18 Europa League group stage matches (D1 L1), winning the last eight in a row since a 1-0 defeat to Ferencvaros in December 2021.
However, they could now be without Terrier for the foreseeable future, much to the regret of Martinez.
“We are sad, we sympathise with Martin. Everyone loves him because he is a wonderful guy. We have to wait and see what happened,” said the Leverkusen boss.
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