This Sunday the draw for the round of 16 of the German Cup took place and nothing less than a tie Vincent Kompany’s Bayern with Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen (title defense). Duel of giants. Last season the Leverkusen achieved the Bundesliga – Cup double The round of 16 will take place on December 3 and 4. The date of each pairing will be known in the following days.
The tie will take place in a single match at the Allianz-Arena in Munich, so Bayern, unstoppable in the current Bundesliga, will have the advantage of playing in front of their fans. The draw took place this Sunday at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. In the Bundesliga, Bayern is the leader and Bayer Leverkusen is 4th, 7 points behind the Munich team.
Round of 16 of the German Cup
December 3rd and 4th
Arminia Bielefeld-Freiburg
Bayern Munich-Bayer Leverkusen
Werder Bremen-Darmstadt
RB Leipzig-Eintracht Frankfurt
Karlsruher-Augsburg
Jahn Regensburg-Stuttgart
The sporting director of the German Football Federation (DFB), Rudi Voller, acted as the manager of the draw, while the saxophonist Andre Schnurawho became famous for his performances during the Euro Cup, decided the pairings.
This will be the eighth time Bayern and Leverkusen have met in the Cup with Bayern winning six of the previous seven meetings, the last time in the 2020 final, where the Munich team won 4-2. The Munich team only lost in the Cup against Leverkusen in the 2009 quarterfinals (4-2). The final of this edition will take place on May 24, 2025 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Source: La Verdad
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