The Holsein Kiel , from the second Bundesliga , today eliminated Bayern Munich of the German Cup by winning the penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 in regulation time and extra time.
All the tie was dramatic . Kiel tied at the last moment of discount to force the extension and it took six penalties for each team to define the pass to the second round.
Bayern coach Hansi Flick did some rotations. The most remarkable thing was that left on the bench two usually immovable starters such as David Alaba and Robert Lewandowski .
Holstein Kiel, from Germany’s Second Division, is the first team able to beat Hansi’s Bayern Munich Flick in a KO duel. He did what teams like Chelsea, FC Barcelona, Lyon, PSG, Sevilla, BVB, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen did not. THE BEAUTIFUL GAME. pic.twitter.com/pllB236qgn
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In the minute 13 Serge Gnabry , possible offside, opened the scoring for Bayern. The play began with a cross from Corentin Tolisso. Thomas Müller dropped the ball with his head looking for Gnabry, the goalkeeper Ioannis Gellios reached to put his hand but could not cut and Gnabry defined an empty goal .
However, in the first arrival of the Kiel, in the 37, came the tie . A long pass from Jannik Dehm reached Fin Bartels who, after beating Bayern’s defense, reached the area and defined well before the departure of Neuer.
The Polish Robert Lewandowski, recently elected best player of the year in The Best , entered the field, in the 74 by Musiala and Douglas Costa by Sané. Later came Benjamin Pavard, for Bouna Saar, and Marc Roca for Gnabry.
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The last change , in the 92, seemed destined to manage the last minutes but when the match seemed over and at the last moment of the discount came the tie of Kiel with a header by Hauki Wahl to a cross by Johannes van der Bergh from the left wing.
In extra time, Kiel seemed to give in to attrition for having been running most of the game behind the ball and Bayern He was almost permanently involved in the opposite half but without generating clear chances.
The teams went to penalties. The first five pitches by each team ended up at the net. Bayern’s sixth game was up to Marc Roca who failed against Gelios, which gave Fin Bartels the opportunity to close the tie and seal a historic pass for Kiel a vintage failure for Bayern.
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