Bayer Leverkusen head coach Roger Schmidt believes that his team still have chances to qualify for the Champions League group stage, despite 1-0 play-off first-leg loss versus Lazio.
The Serie A side won the said fight after second-half substitute Balde Keita, who came off the bench and netted the match-winning goal in the 77th minute at Stadio Olimpico.
Leverkusen will return to Germany for next week's second leg and Schmidt is counting that his team's home form to see them through.
"It was an intense match. We had several opportunities to score, but we weren't able to do so," Schmidt said.
"However, Lazio did – they have a strong team. Now we have the return match where we will try to overturn this result.
"Ahead of the home tie, we will work on our counterattacking and on our defensive game – we will do our best.
"We have worked well in recent weeks and we are pretty confident [of progressing]. It's only 1-0 and above all we are playing at home.
"Let us not forget we are enormously strong on home turf. Nothing has been decided yet."
The Serie A side won the said fight after second-half substitute Balde Keita, who came off the bench and netted the match-winning goal in the 77th minute at Stadio Olimpico.
Leverkusen will return to Germany for next week's second leg and Schmidt is counting that his team's home form to see them through.
"It was an intense match. We had several opportunities to score, but we weren't able to do so," Schmidt said.
"However, Lazio did – they have a strong team. Now we have the return match where we will try to overturn this result.
"Ahead of the home tie, we will work on our counterattacking and on our defensive game – we will do our best.
"We have worked well in recent weeks and we are pretty confident [of progressing]. It's only 1-0 and above all we are playing at home.
"Let us not forget we are enormously strong on home turf. Nothing has been decided yet."
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