Xhaka scores as Leverkusen lift German Cup to claim a first double
Crowned Bundesliga champions in mid-April, Leverkusen were made to fight hard against their second-division opponents, after Odilon Kossounou was sent off just before half-time.
Photo: Bayer Leverkusen
Granit Xhaka scored as a 10-man Bayer Leverkusen beat Kaiserslautern 1-0 to lift the German Cup in Berlin on Saturday, winning the club's first double.
Crowned Bundesliga champions in mid-April, Leverkusen were made to fight hard against their second-division opponents, after Odilon Kossounou was sent off just before half-time.
Xhaka's 16th-minute goal was enough as Leverkusen bounced back from Wednesday's Europa League final loss to Atalanta -- which ended their season-long unbeaten run of 51 games and hopes of a treble.
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