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Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen beat Stuttgart 4-3 on penalties following a 2-2 attract 90 minutes to win the DFL-Supercup on Saturday.
Lukas Hradecky denied Frans Kratzig from 12 yards within the shoot-out then Silas fired his kick over the crossbar as Leverkusen received their third trophy below Xabi Alonso, following a last-gasp equaliser from Patrik Schick.
Home double winners Leverkusen, who solely misplaced as soon as in all competitions final season, wanted simply 11 minutes to take the lead with Edmond Tapsoba heading in the direction of purpose on the far submit and Victor Boniface prodding the ball over the road.
Stuttgart struck again 4 minutes later, although, due to Enzo Millot’s strike within the first German curtain-raiser to not function Bayern Munich for 13 years.
Leverkusen had been diminished to 10 males when Martin Terrier was dismissed for a studs-up problem within the thirty seventh minute and Stuttgart shortly took management from there.
Stuttgart then hit the woodwork thrice and went in entrance within the 63rd minute when substitute Deniz Undav related with a Kratzig cutback mere seconds after approaching.
However Leverkusen’s never-say-die perspective, which introduced them many late objectives final season en path to an undefeated Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal run, was evident once more as Schick latched onto an Alejandro Grimaldo throughball to stage two minutes from time.
They stored their cool from the spot and scored all 4 penalties as Stuttgart’s Silas blasted over the crossbar to seal Leverkusen’s victory, after Hradecky saved from Kratzig.
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Information Debrief: Deadly Leverkusen make gentle of numerical drawback
Leverkusen had been made to mess around an hour with 10 males following Terrier’s sending-off and needed to spend lengthy durations sitting again, solely managing a 34.3% possession share.
Nonetheless, they continued to threaten on the counterattack, with their 12 pictures totalling 2.49 anticipated objectives (xG) to Stuttgart’s 1.37. They had been then good from the spot, beginning their second full marketing campaign below Alonso as they intend to complete it, with silverware.
