DFB Cup: Bayer star with lightning double!

Patrik Schick can not only score late goals – but also early ones! And how: There were less than two minutes left in Leverkusen when Xabi Alonso's team celebrated for the first time against SV Elversberg. (Bayer Leverkusen – SV Elversberg in SPORT1-LIVE TICKER)

After sparkling clean combination play, the ball landed at Nathan Tella. The winger played the ball flat into the box to Schick and he just had to hold back the slipper.

Schick even went one better: the Czech striker scored a second time in the 9th minute. After a cross from Jonas Hofmann, Elversberg keeper Nicolas Kristof unfortunately deflected the ball and Schick was able to easily put the ball into the goal a second time from close range.

In the 36th minute, Aleix Garcia made it 3-0 with a direct free kick. From a good 28 meters, the Spaniard slammed the ball over the four-man wall into the top left corner. Kristof was powerless and free of guilt for this dream goal.

Schick is actually better known for late goals. For example, in the 3-2 Europa League win against Qarabag Agdam last season, Schick scored twice in stoppage time.

Schick was also able to score late in the cup against Elversberg. In the bitter 4-3 defeat in the 2022/23 season, Schick was able to score the next goal in the 89th minute.