Bitter cup defeat for Cologne: Leverkusen turns the game at the last minute!

Bitter cup defeat for Cologne: Leverkusen turns the game at the last minute!

In the DFB Cup there was a breathtaking quarter-finals when 1. FC Köln ultimately lost 2-3 in extra time after a 2-0 lead against Bayer Leverkusen. The FC, directed by coach Gerhard Struber, caught a dream start. After two early goals, Damion Downs and Linton Maina, the outsider seemed on the best way to make the sensation perfect href = "https://www.laola1.at/de/fussball/international/deutschland/dfb-pokal/last-minute-leverkusen-beschert-strubers-koeln-bitteres-aus/"> laola1.at reported. The Cologneers stood against the favorite Leverkuseners for a long time, which despite 75 percent possession of the ball in the first half, which hardly played out any clear chances, and only a shot on the crossbar from Alejandro Grimaldo remained dangerous until the break.

After the change of sides, Bayer made the connection from Patrik Schick relatively quickly, who scored the first goal in the 61st minute. The final phase became dramatic when the 2-2 scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time and thus forced the extension. In the extension it was Victor Boniface who turned the game in the 98th minute decisively to 3: 2 for Leverkusen. Although Cologne had the chance of compensation, a supposed goal by Imad Rondić was canceled in the 112nd minute due to an offside decision from the Var, reported