Leverkusen 0-1: Take the German Cup with Xhaka and finish the unbeaten home run with a double

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KOSTAS AUGUSTAKIS
25.05.2024 | 23:17

Leverkusen’s Granit Xhaka, heart, celebrates with teammates after scoring his group’s opening objective in the course of the German Soccer Cup ultimate match between 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Bayer Leverkusen on the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, 25 Might, 2024. (AP Picture /Mathias Schrader)
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Bayer Leverkusen accomplished a magical, dream yr by additionally successful the German Cup, beating Kaiserslautern 1-0.

Bayer Leverkusen achieved the double. After successful the league, he additionally lifted the DFB-Pokal. Within the ultimate on the OlympiaStadion, the Werkself prevailed 1-0 over second division Kaiserslautern to say their second title of the yr.

The truth is, Xabi Alonso’s military ended their unbeaten run in Germany with their solely win this yr, the one in opposition to Atalanta within the Europa League ultimate, just a few days in the past.

Leverkusen had the higher hand all through the sport. Granit Xhaka was the one who scored the “golden” objective within the seventeenth minute of the sport.

The Werkself had been enjoying with ten males from the forty fourth minute, with Kosunou seeing a second yellow card, however Kaiserslautern failed to reply. Thus, Leverkusen celebrated the second Cup in its historical past.

The Golden Bible

• 20 conquests Bayern (1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020)
• 6 conquests Werder (1961, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009)
• 5 conquests Schalke (1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011), Eintracht Frankfurt (1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 2018), Dortmund (1965, 1989, 2012, 2017),
• 4 conquests Cologne (1968, 1977, 1978, 1983), Nuremberg (1935, 1939, 1962, 2007)
• 3 conquests Hamburg (1963, 1976, 1987), Gladbach (1960, 1973, 1995), Stuttgart (1954, 1958, 1997)
• 2 conquests Dynamo Dresden (1940, 1941), Munich 1860 (1942, 1964), Karlsruhe (1955, 1956), Fortuna Düsseldorf (1979, 1980), Kaiserslautern (1990, 1996), Leipzig (2022), Leipzig (2022), Leipzig 2024 )
• 1 conquest Lokomotiv Leipzig (1936), Speedy Vienna (1938), First Vienna (1943), Roth Weiss Essen (1953), Schwarz Weiss Essen (1959), Kickers Offenbach (1970), Irdingen (1985), Hannover (1992), Wolfsburg ( 2015)