The Bundesliga leader quickly showed the class difference between the two teams, Jeremie Frimpong he took the lead already in the seventh minute, when the ball fortunately bounced at his feet, and he mercilessly shot under the crossbar. Unsurprisingly, Leverkusen did not take back in the continuation, in the 20th minute Amine Adli he doubled the difference before the end of the half Florian Wirtz also scored, so the home team could go to the break with a confident lead.
After the turn, the Leverkusen team slowed down, but were still able to increase their lead. In the 60th minute, after a handshake, the home team were awarded a penalty. Wirtz but he didn’t miss the point with which 4–0which turned out to be the final result of the match.
However, with this victory, Bayer not only fought for their participation in the cup final, but also extended their unbeaten streak to 40 (!) games. It was already decided before the semi-finals that Leverkusen could be the leading team that wins the German Cup this season, because on the other side, the second division Kaiserslauternt the third class Saarbrücken received it. In that match, the guests won easily (0–2), thus Xabi Alonso and his team can lead its way to winning the cup through them.
GERMAN CUP
PRELIMINARY
Bayer Leverkusen–Fortuna Düsseldorf (II.) 4–0 (Frimpong 7th, Adli 20th, Wirtz 35th, 60th – the second out of 11)
