Bayer Leverkusen – Stuttgart | DFB Cup: Bayer reaches the Cup semi-finals: Xabi Alonso is two games away from debunking the Neverkusen myth
YesOnly two games separate Xabi Alonso from debunking the Neverkusen myth (via the Cup). Bayer beat Stuttgart (3–2), coming back “as a last resort”, and have already reached the semi-finals.. If they win the title, they will break a drought that dates back to 1992.
Despite the fact that “half” of the Bundesliga is played on Saturday, hosting Bayern, who they are two points ahead of, Xabi Alonso organized his eleventh gala with one exception: Matej Kovar replaced Lukas Hradecky in goal. Edmond Tapsoba returned to replace Josip Stanisic and made two injury changes: Robert Andrich and Patrick Schick replaced Ekequiel Palacios and Victor Boniface.. Spaniard Alejandro Grimaldo. again took the left lane, while Borja Iglesias started on the bench.
Leverkusen’s game took off very quickly, in the 11th minute. Angelo Stiller sent the corner to the far post and Waldemar Anton expected Tapsoba access the Internet in an unattractive way. Kovar couldn’t do anything.
On the other hand, Habineta had difficulty reaching the goal defended by Alexander Nübel. Interestingly, their first dangerous approach ended in a disallowed goal in the 40th minute. Stiller deflects Florian Wirtz’s shot and Schick scored at will… but was offside.
These were the best moments of the “aspirin team.” Grimaldo almost equalized in the 42nd minute with a free kick over the wall. but Nübel prevented this “as a last resort.” The goalkeeper is also on loan from Bayern. He stopped Schick’s shot in the 44th minute after a “deadly pass” from Wirtz.
It wasn’t Chic’s night who is still far from his best after an injury that hampered him for most of last season. Wirtz left him alone in the 48th minute, but the Czech collided with Nübel.
The complete opposite of Robert Andric, who came up with a great goal to make it 1:1 in the 50th minute. He caught the ball from the front and kicked it into the corner a shot that Xabi Alonso himself would sign.
Stuttgart, third in the Bundesliga, took advantage of Bayer’s mistake at the start take the lead, again, in the 58th minute. Enzo Millo found Chris Furich in the area.received an irreversible whiplash.
Xabi Alonso has “taken a step” in search of a comeback: in the 64th minute, Borja Iglesias and Amine Adli entered the field instead of Schick and Hofmann.. A double change that had an immediate effect. Wirtz deflected a long pass and Adli, holding hands, did not forgive in the 67th minute. 2-2.
Extra time was chewed up when Hiroki Ito and Adli headed off the crossbar in the 88th minute. Another header, this time from Jonathan Ta, made it 3-2 in the 90th minute. The captain did not waste Wirtz’s magnificent center. The myth of Neverkusen is closer to destruction than ever before.