Bayer Leverkusen had received two titles all through its historical past, two extra in Might 2024! Xabi Alonso's formidable facet had been topped German Cup winners with a 1-0 win over Kaiserslautern, due to Granit Xhaka's Seventeenth-minute objective. So what if he was right down to 10 males for greater than a half because of Kosunou's second yellow card? Leverkusen held onto the lead and capped off an unimaginable season with the double, including to their assortment their second cup after 31 years, the primary relationship again to 1993. On the identical time, they bounced again instantly and… drastically from their defeat (3- 0) from Atalanta within the Europa League last final Wednesday.
As for “Lautern”, he didn’t handle to finish the “miracle”. A staff that was restricted to thirteenth place within the B division reached the cup last, however that was their “ceiling”. The victory of Leverkusen additionally creates a “domino” within the European tickets, because the place within the Europa League is “inherited” by the seventh within the league, i.e. Hoffenheim, whereas within the Convention League the eighth within the Bundesliga, i.e. Heidenheim, “comes out”.
