As one of Germany's most prestigious events, the History of the German Cup dates back to 1935, and the team can also qualify for the Europa League next season to win such a historic event! And this season's German Cup is also a cold one, the last champion Borussia Dortmund lost to the Bundesliga side St. Pauli was eliminated, another big favorite Bayern was kicked out by Borussia Moncheng earlier with a 5-0 big score, and now to the stage of the semi-finals, last season's runner-up Leipzig Red Bull leipzig finally has the motivation, as long as they cross this opponent Berlin United they will return to the familiar German Cup final.
Union Berlin is not a chicken rib team, although the team is only 2 years away from being promoted to the Bundesliga, but they have successfully rooted and deeper and deeper here, from the 11th place in the first season to the 7th place in the second season to the current 6th place this season, this team is becoming more and more stable under the coaching of head coach Fischer, and has a dark horse posture. As we often say, the Bundesliga has always been a hotbed of Japanese and Korean players, and the same Berlin Union is also indispensable to Japanese players, and Haraguchi, who joined the team as the main player from Hanover this season, has also successfully occupied one of the team's midfield starting positions, while another Japanese player, Endo Keita, has only made 4 appearances.
Race conditions
Leipzig started in this game, and the combination of Sobosloy + Nkunku in the front line is enough to make other Bundesliga teams envious, not to mention midfielders Lemmer, Olmo and even the defenders Gvadior, Willy Orban and Simakán. In the opening round, Berlin Union was able to break the wrist with Leipzig, and the two teams played hard in the first 15 minutes, but then Leipzig still relied on the advantages of the squad to play out the suppression, but they did not expect that at this time they would lose the ball! In the 25th minute, Berlin United right-sided player Trimmel sent a de Blaune-style cross that completely bypassed all the opposing defenders, and then Becker stepped forward to complete the goal to give Union Berlin a 1-0 lead.
Leipzig's side looked very anxious after scoring 1 goal, and the foul on Which Leimel received a yellow card in the 36th minute was the best proof, followed by a few long-range shots they also hit the plane, and the key moment was still relying on the French star Nkunku! In the 61st minute his breakthrough was brought down by Jacques inside the opposition penalty area, and Andre Silva scored the goal in one fell swoop. After the equalizer, both sides did not have much movement for a long time, seeing that the time was about to pass, and as a result, in the 90+2nd minute, things turned around, and under the siege, Berlin United thought that holding the attack could be dragged into overtime, but henrihies's cross directly found Fossberg to complete the header!
After the game
Leipzig's last-minute kill was undoubtedly too morale-boosting, and the team remained unbeaten in 15 matches! After losing the 2021 final against Dort and losing the 2019 final against Bayern, Leipzig reached the German Cup final three times in 4 years in 2022, this time they will meet another dark horse team Freiburg, perhaps as the fans joke: as long as I keep in the final, then I will always meet a team that is better than my own! Remember when Leipzig was promoted to the Bundesliga in the 16/17 season, the team was ambitious to propose the title of winning the championship in 5 years, and this year is exactly the fifth year, and now Leipzig, which is fighting on both the two sides, is in the Europa League or the German Cup, and perhaps as the player Fossberg, who scored the ultimate goal in this game, said: "We want the German Cup and the Europa League!" ”