Bayer 04 Leverkusen eliminated FC Bayern in the DFB Cup round of 16 and continued their splendid series. The manner in which the 1-0 win in Munich was only secondary for Robert Andrich.
First as a starting eleven and then from the bench, he saw the progress of his Leverkusen team in Munich: Robert Andrich.
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It was really not to be expected that Manuel Neuer would receive his first dismissal after 864 games as a professional in this DFB Cup duel between Bayern and Bayer (0:1).
And as strange as it sounds, the Werkself also had to nibble on that. After initially being in the majority for a good few minutes, the hosts then took command in the Allianz Arena and even dominated at times. It’s just that the Munich team struggled with a stable Leverkusen defensive department, especially in the second 45 minutes.
Andrich and “the dirty things”
Either way: The Werkself ultimately narrowly won 1-0 and thus did not lose the fifth comparison with the German record champions and record cup winners since Xabi Alonso took over.
Above all, the clearer Robert Andrich didn’t care how exactly the advance had come about. Of course, the DFB international would also have liked more dominance, especially after the red card. “When I watch the game,” said the 30-year-old Sky about the sending off, putting Neuer out “didn’t necessarily” have a factor on his own game. “We didn’t manage to make it so that people could see that there were one more of us.”
But: “It doesn’t matter to me in the end. We won the thing in the end, even if you naturally imagine something different in terms of play and have different ambitions. But this is the cup, so it doesn’t give a damn what it looks like in the end. Whether Deserved or not, we are now one round further.”
Andrich concluded, referring to the somewhat bumpy start to the season for the champions, who had recently regained momentum: “It wasn’t a good game for us today, but that doesn’t count in the end. We can say that we’re the dirty ones win again.”
“A very tough game”
Leverkusen can also pat themselves on the back for having scored at least once in the 35th DFB Cup game in a row. To have successfully played the ninth cup game in a row. And only two more steps away from moving into Berlin again.
Coach reached the next round after a very tough game.”
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