Kaiserslautern and Leverkusen are preventing for the cup in Berlin tonight.
Tonight (21:00) the curtain falls on the German Cup 2023-24 as Kaiserslautern and Leverkusen meet at Berlin’s Olympiastadion. The DFB-Pokal victory would be the finest “closing” of the season for whichever of the 2 groups succeeds, and the results of the ultimate will decide Germany’s final “consultant” within the European competitions.
Leverkusen have “sealed” their place within the new Champions League, as they received the championship undefeated within the season that ended a couple of days in the past. Due to this fact, since Bayer additionally celebrates the cup, the seventh place within the league, ie Hoffenheim, and the eighth within the Bundesliga, ie Heidenheim, “inherit” the “ticket” for the Europa League “comes out” additionally within the Convention League. . Nevertheless, if Lautern is topped the German Cup winner, they are going to take part within the league stage of the Europa League whereas Hoffenheim will take part within the Europa League play-offs.
This 12 months’s German Cup remaining appears like a “battle” between David and Goliath… On one aspect of the sphere is the German champion Leverkusen, who, a couple of days after shedding the cup within the Europa League remaining, the place suffered their first loss after 51 video games this season in all competitions (42-9-0), they’re requested to … regroup and end off a terrific 12 months with a title.
Bayer Leverkusen have reached the DFB-Pokal remaining 4 occasions in complete, however have solely celebrated the trophy as soon as, within the first remaining. Leverkusen have been topped German Cup winners within the 1992-93 season, however have remained with out a title within the competitors since then, having reached the establishment’s remaining in 2002, 2009 and 2020, albeit with out celebration.
As for the Kaiserslautern, which within the season that ended a couple of days in the past competed in division B and was restricted to thirteenth place within the classification, there’s a extra profitable workforce within the Cup than Leverkusen, as two titles are counted. in her earlier seven appearances within the remaining. The “crimson devils” received the trophy in 1990 and 1996, returning to the ultimate of the competitors after 2003, once they have been fortunate to search out themselves on the highway to Bayern Munich.