The Pharmacists advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating the Munich club, which played almost the entire match with one man down.
Bayer beat Bayernin the 1/8 final match of the 2024/25 German Cup. The match at the Allianz Arena in Munich ended with a score of 0:1.
Already in the 17th minute of the match, the Munich club was left with one man down. The team's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer knocked down Jeremie Frimpong outside his own penalty area, for which he received a straight red card, which was the first in the 38-year-old German goalkeeper's professional career.
Immediately after this, Bayern made a forced substitution: instead of winger Leroy Sane, reserve goalkeeper Daniel Peretz entered the field.
Leverkusen could not realize their numerical advantage for a long time, but still scored in the 69th minute – Nathan Tella scored the winning goal, taking advantage of an assist from Alejandro Grimaldo.
We will add that Bayern's top scorer Harry Kane was not included in the application for the game with Bayer due to injury. He was diagnosed with a small tear of the muscle fiber of the right back thigh.
It should also be noted that 17-year-old Ukrainian striker of Bayer Artem Stepanov, who last week made his debut for the German club in the Champions League match against Salzburg, spent the match against Bayern on the bench.
Review of the match “Bayern” – “Bayer”
It should be noted that Bayer is the current holder of the German Cup. In the final of the last tournament, Xabi Alonso's team beat second-division side Kaiserslautern.
The “pharmacists” will play their next matches at home: on December 7 against St. Pauli in the Bundesliga and on December 10 against Inter in the Champions League.
Bayern will host Heidenheim in the Bundesliga on December 7, and then on December 10 in Gelsenkirchen they will play a nominally away match in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk.
