Team crowned Bayer Leverkusen won the German Cup title after defeating its rival Kaiserslautern, 1-0, in the match that brought them together in the German Cup final.
Granit Xhaka scored the winning goal for Leverkusen in the 17th minute of the match.
Bayer Leverkusen succeeded under its coach Xabi Alonso In achieving the local double and overcoming its first defeat this season at the hands of… Italian Atalanta 0-3 in the Europa League final after 51 consecutive matches without defeat.
On its way to the final, Leverkusen faced unknown teams, except for its victory over Stuttgart 3-2 in the quarter-finals, while Kaiserslautern only faced first-class club Köln and beat them 3-2 in the second round. It then surpassed Nuremberg, Hertha Berlin and Saarbrücken, all of which are second-tier clubs.
Leverkusen defeated Kaiserslautern in their last confrontation in the third round of the competition in 2015, and lost in the quarter-finals at home in 2014 with a clean goal. As for the most prominent confrontation between them in the competition, it was in the semi-finals in 1996, and Kaiserslautern won that day with a goal on its way to the second title that day.