DFB Cup: Out for Bayern after Neuer’s red premiere

In Munich, the 17th minute became the crux of the party. Neuer came too late outside the penalty area against Jeremie Frimpong and gave the Leverkusen player a hard body check. The undisputed result was the red card for Neuer, who had to take an early shower for the first time in his career. Daniel Peretz replaced him and didn’t get much time against Leverkusen for a long time.

Despite being outnumbered, Bayern had the better chances before the break. However, Kingsley Coman (34th, 38th), Leon Goretzka (43rd) and Minjae Kim (45th +3) missed the chance to convert their superiority into something countable. For the guests, Florian Wirtz was unable to get the ball on goal after a great solo (45th).

Tella scores shortly after being substituted

Even after the break, Bayern were initially the more active team, but after 70 minutes their strength fluctuated. Leverkusen took advantage of this. Tella, who came on eight minutes earlier for the injured Patrick Schick, outran the Bayern defense and headed in Alejandro Grimaldo’s pinpoint cross to seal the win.

Shortly afterwards, Konrad Laimer, who was called up as right-back, was substituted. Bayern were unable to do enough against the guests’ tight defensive line without the injured Harry Kane. The offensive efforts are not successful. This meant that the record winner failed prematurely in the cup for the fifth time in a row. For the first time since 2006, the final stop was in the round of 16.

“It was very important that we won.” “The team played well, worked hard,” said match winner Tella. Leverkusen international Jonathan Tah added: “It feels good.” We knew what to expect. We’ve made it as effective as possible for the most part. It wasn’t our best game.”

Embarrassment for Freiburg in Bielfeld

Meanwhile, SC Freiburg embarrassed themselves at Arminia Bielefeld and deservedly lost 1:3 (0:2) against the third division team despite a goal from Michael Gregoritsch. At the sold-out Bielefelder Alm, Christopher Lannert (28th), Julian Kania (36th/penalty) and Louis Oppie (81st) scored the euphorically celebrated goals for the hosts, who are increasingly becoming a cup scare. Arminia had already knocked a first division team, 1. FC Union Berlin, out of the competition in the second round.

Outsiders Bielefeld got off to a lively start, but out of nowhere the guests had a great chance to take an early lead. After a foul on Gregoritsch in the penalty area, Florent Muslija failed with the penalty (18th). And things got much worse for the favorites, Bielefeld scored twice before the break. Gregoritsch’s header goal brought new hope. However, Bielefeld remained the better team and used one of several good scoring opportunities to decide.

Siege for Stuttgart and Bremen

VfB Stuttgart easily achieved promotion with a 3-0 (2-0) win over second division bottom side SSV Jahn Regensburg with no chance. Enzo Millot (10th) and Anrie Chase (19th) quickly robbed the harmless hosts of any hope of a sensation. Nick Woltemade (61st) rounded off the Stuttgart team’s successful business trip. Bremen celebrated a last-minute goal in the 1-0 win against second division team Darmstadt. Anthony Jung (94th) scored the gold goal for the team of the ÖFB trio Marco Friedl, Romano Schmid and Marco Grüll.