The triple dream is over early: Bayern’s embarrassment in the cup

Who would have thought? For the big FC Bayern, the final stop was already in the second round of the DFB Cup. In front of 16,000 astonished fans in Ludwigspark, the relegation-threatened third division team 1. FC Saarbrücken outgrew themselves and duped the overwhelming favorites with a last-minute prank. The black and blue triumphed sensationally 2:1 (1:1) – even though everything initially went according to plan.

Thomas Müller gave the German record champions a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute before the Bundesliga summit in Dortmund on Saturday. Shortly afterwards, Bayern lost defender Matthijs de Ligt with an inner ligament injury, ÖFB team player Konrad Laimer came into the game and had to watch the tide turn.

Saarbrücken didn’t think about throwing in the towel. Patrick Sontheimer scored in the first minute of stoppage time in the first half to make it 1-1 (45th+1). Then supervisory board Egon Schmitt, who had been on the pitch during the 6-1 triumph over Bayern in 1977, already sensed a miracle: “As it looks, it’s a sensational day.”

As a matter of fact. When everyone was already expecting an extension, the underdog was there again. The 34-year-old defender Marcel Gaus became the match winner with his goal in the 96th minute to make it 2-1. Bayern no longer had a sporting answer to this.

“I can’t believe it. We showed our skills today. Simply awesome,” beamed Saarbrücken goalkeeper Tim Schreiber. Thomas Müller, on the other hand, was really frustrated: “It’s a brutal blow for us that we’re eliminated in the second round of the cup for the third time. That’s not what we want!” As a matter of fact.