Bayer managed to reach the semi-finals of the Cup, although Stuttgart was ahead twice during the match.
Source: Roberto Pfeil / AFP / Profimedia
Bayer and Stuttgart fully justified expectations!
The clash between the first-placed and third-placed Bundesliga teams in the quarter-finals German Cup he offered five goals, and at the end, the “pharmacists” rejoiced, as they scored the winning goal in the 90th minute:
BAYER – STUTTGART 3:2 (0:1)
/Andrih 50, Adli 66, Ta 90 – Anton 11, Firih 58/
The visiting team was thus left without a second consecutive semi-final, while the players, who this season are brilliantly commanded by Ćabi Alonso, fought for their first since 2020, when they eventually reached the final, in which they were defeated by Bayern.
Twice Sebastian Hennes’ men were in the lead at the Bay Arena, but it wasn’t enough to inflict Bayer’s first defeat of the season, counting all competitions!
In the Bundesliga, the “pharmacists” achieved 16 wins and four draws, in the Cup they achieved four triumphs, while they finished the group stage in the Europa League with a maximum of six wins!
Stuttgart took the lead for the first time in the 11th minute – after a corner from the right side, Edmond Tapsoba let Valdemar Anton out of his sight, who with a header moved all the players in the penalty area and goalkeeper Matej Kovar.
Bayer forward Patrik Schick’s goal in the 40th minute was disallowed for offside, but when the home team failed to score five minutes before the break, they did five minutes after it.
After an action on the left side and an attempted throw-in, the ball bounced about 25 meters from the goal to Robert Andrih, who “bombed” Aleksander Nibel.
A great goal scored by Andrih just nine minutes later was canceled out by Chris Firich, who took advantage of a bad pass by the Czech goalkeeper in the camp of the leaders of the German championship.
The second joy of the guests did not last long – only eight minutes. In one counterattack, Florian Wirz pushed Amin Adli into the foreground, who entered the game only two minutes earlier, and when overtime was already expected, Wirz was again in the role of assistant.
In the 90th minute, he crossed, and Jonathan Ta was the highest in front of the visiting goal, whose header decided the match.
Earlier, Fortuna Dusseldorf and Kaiserslautern qualified for the semi-finals, and the last participant of this stage of the competition will be the match between Saarbrücken and Borussia Mönchengladbach, scheduled for Wednesday.
GERMAN CUP – quarter finals
February 6th:
Bayer – Stuttgart 3:2
February 7th:
Saarbrücken – Borussia M.
January 30th:
Sankt Pauli – Fortuna 2:2 (Friday 3:4)
January 31:
Hertha – Kaiserslautern 1:3
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