Bayer Leverkusen is close to qualifying for the German Cup final, after finishing the first half of its match against second-tier Fortuna Dusseldorf, with a clean score, which is currently being held at the BayArena, as part of the semi-finals of the German Cup for the current season 2023-2024.
The Kaiser-Slautern team qualified for the final match of the German Cup, after defeating the Saarbrücken team yesterday, Tuesday, 2-0.
Bayer Leverkusen’s hat-trick was scored by Jeremy Fremong, Amin Adly and Florian Wirtz, in the 7th, 20th and 35th minutes of the match.
Bayer Leverkusen is seeking to continue its impressive results in various competitions during the current season, as it played 39 matches, maintaining its unbeaten record (34 wins versus 5 draws).
Bayer Leverkusen qualified for the German Cup semi-finals at the expense of Stuttgart in the quarter-finals, with a score of 3-2. On the other hand, Fortuna Dusseldorf arrived after defeating St. Pauli on penalties 4-3, after the end of regular and extra time in a positive draw 2-2. .
For the first time in the history of the German Cup competition, there is only one representative from the first division in the semi-finals, and therefore the sons of Spanish coach Xabi Alonso are the most likely candidates, given that they have not been defeated in any match in the various competitions so far this season.
During this season, Bayer Leverkusen is still competing on three fronts: the league, where it is close to the first title in its history after being 13 points away, 7 stages before the end of the season, from its direct chaser, Bayern Munich, who has held the title for the past 11 years, the local cup, and the European League competition, where He reached the quarter-finals and will face West Ham of England, and thus he can enhance his record, which includes, in particular, runner-up several times (in the league in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2011, and the local cup in 2002, 2009 and 2020, and the Champions League in 2002).
Fortuna Dusseldorf, which won the cup twice in 1979 and 1980 and finished runner-up in 1937, 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1978, clinched last weekend third place, which guarantees its owner a place in the playoffs for promotion to the first division, which is their best position since the end of last October.