It should be a big football festival in the DFB Cup: The record champions meet the defending champions and reigning German champions: FC Bayern Munich against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
But the round of 16 between FC Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, which for many fans feels like a final, was characterized early on by a crazy scene that caused the spectators to freak out.
FC Bayern – Bayer Leverkusen: Early dismissal
Actually, Harry Kane was THE big topic days before the clash. The Brit will be out for a few games and FC Bayern Munich will have to make do without their top goalscorer. But after a few meetings there was suddenly another player who dominated the headlines: Manuel Neuer was thrown off the pitch early against Bayer Leverkusen.
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What had happened? After a long strike from Jonathan Tah, Jeremie Frimpong was through and rushed towards the Bayern penalty area. But he hadn’t expected Manuel Neuer to come running out of his box. The FCB keeper didn’t catch the ball, but instead brutally checked the Leverkusen player.
Referee Harm Osmers didn’t hesitate for long and showed the red card. Neuer had to leave the field. Even a quick VAR check didn’t help. The Munich team were outnumbered after just 17 minutes.
Fans are freaking out
With this action, Manuel Neuer did his team a disservice. The fans are not used to such scenes; after all, it is the former national player’s first red card. Nevertheless, the spectators of the FC Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen game really went crazy on social media.
“What the hell is Neuer doing? That was so unnecessary,” “It really is such a stupid red card. Just amazing” and “Boy, boy, boy. What a crap. You ruin the game so early because of something like that. “I can’t do any of this anymore,” said FCB fans, among others.
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It remains to be seen whether this will have serious consequences for the record champions. In any case, FCB was able to keep up well until halftime and create scoring opportunities.
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