Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen have also big goals in the Europa League, especially after reaching the competition’s semi-finals last season. “It was great to be in the semi-finals last year. But this year we want a bit more,” coach Xabi Alonso said in a news conference on Wednesday. Leverkusen face Qarabag in the last 16 and will have an unusual long trip to Azerbaijan for the first leg on Thursday. The six-hour flight and the three-hour time difference are certainly a challenge, but nothing the team hasn’t faced before: In the group stage, Leverkusen defeated Qarabag 1-0 in Baku. “We di…