No one can beat the ‘Kaiser’: Leverkusen won the Super Cup playing ten

A champion team must be ‘killed’ twice. And although so far only a year, this Bayer Leverkusen has shown that he sells his skin dearly to the point that it does not fall on Germany since last May 27, 2023. And when he was about to do it in the final of Super Cup he is new Stuttgartappear Patrick Schick to send the game to penalties (2-2) and there already, with one missing from the first half, prove that their reign continues. Because there is no one to go with the ‘Kaiser’.

Lots of rhythm

The game started like it wasn’t the first of the season, with a lot of rhythm. Arrival of both teams, opportunities and, of course, goals. The first of Leverkusenwork of Victor Boniface when taking a rebound in place. The second, which is the binding of Stuttgartof Enzo Millot having first completed a cross from the left to perfection.

There are no important players on the pitch Wirtz, Grimaldo either Frimpong and noticed that. At the same time, the signatures of Alex Garcia and, above all, the sa Martin Terrier who saw red in the 37th minute after making a very difficult tackle. The team was especially disrupted. Xabi Alonso who introduced himself Wella central, to remove Bonifacethe center forward. The idea, then, is clear.

The Avengers

Already in the second part, the Leverkusen He didn’t really blame the fact of playing less. He had his most dangerous opportunities in the boots of Adli and he will do them to a purpose. He Stuttgartalso missing a key player like Guirassy, He has been in Dortmund, he has maintained his style and is taking responsibility to control the ball. And that’s when the 1-2 score came, the work of Undav who had just come off the bench and the first thing he did was save a pass from Kratizig.

In this panorama, the response of Xabi Alonso then it was to introduce ‘The Avengers’ to the grass: Frimpong, Wirtz, Grimaldo and Schick. And certainly the last one, in the 88th minute, saved the tools after a good finish in which he sent the game to penalties. At eleven meters, Hradecky He stopped the third shot and put the team ahead. Xabi Alonso that when they smell blood they will not let go of the prize: they are Germany’s ‘super champions’.

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BAYER LEVERKUSEN, 2: Hradecky; Tapsoba, Andrich (Frimpong, 73′), Hincapié, Tella (Schick, 73′), Aleix García, Xhaka, Belocian (Grimaldo, 84′), Adli (Wirtz, 73′), Terrier, Boniface (Tah, 40′)
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STUTTGART, 2: Nubel; Mittelstädt (Kratzig, 63′), Chabot, Rouault, Stenzel (Keitel, 83′); Fuhrich (Diehl, 77′), Karazor, Stiller (Undav, 62′), Leweling (Silas, 63′), Millot, Demirovic
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TheOBJECTIVES: 1-0, V. Boniface (11′); 1-1, Millot (15′); 1-2, Undav (63′); 2-2, Schick (88′)

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