Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer had a rough night after being sent off during his team’s match against Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup, which was held yesterday at the Allianz Arena.
Referee Harm Osmers showed a direct red card to Neuer 17 minutes after the start of the match scheduled for the 16th round of the German Cup. After his violent intervention outside the penalty area on Dutch player Jeremy Frimpong, Leverkusen player.
🟥 Neuer is banned and leaves the field with a red card after a serious mistake#BayernMunich :0⃣#BayerLeverkusen:0⃣#Dubai_Sports
🏆#German_Cup🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/slXV7rOSLb– Dubai Sports Channel (@dubaisportstv) December 3, 2024
This is the first red card ever in Neuer’s professional career, as he played 867 matches at the club or German national team level, according to figures from the famous Transfermarkt website, which specializes in player and club statistics.
Neuer (38 years old) defended the colors of Schalke in 203 matches and the shirt of Bayern Munich in 540 matches, in addition to 124 international matches.
867 professional appearances for club and country and Manuel Neuer receives his first career red card 😳 pic.twitter.com/FupjTjTLiX
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 3, 2024
Bavarian completed the match with 10 players for more than 70 minutes, something that the guest Leverkusen took advantage of, which continued the campaign to successfully defend its title and won with a clean goal scored by Nathan Tella from a header in the 69th minute.
⚽️ Leverkusen leads Bayer Munich with a goal from Nathan Tella’s header in the 69th minute.#BayernMunich :0⃣#BayerLeverkusen:1⃣#Dubai_Sports
🏆#German_Cup🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/MwyhJxp5SM– Dubai Sports Channel (@dubaisportstv) December 3, 2024
After the match, Neuer apologized to the team and his teammates for the expulsion incident, via his official Instagram account.
Neuer posted a picture of himself and commented in English and German, “This is difficult. Unfortunately, I reached the ball very late. After the red card, it was very difficult for the team that played poorly, but they (his fellow players) really did their best. I’m sorry.”
Belgian Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany and his colleague Joshua Kimmich came out to defend Neuer, and considered that what happened was part of the world of football.
“Noir made a quick decision and it happened,” Kompany said. “This is football and this is part of it.”
As for Kimmich, he said, “In my opinion, I did not see that Neuer’s expulsion decided the match. He saved us many times. He usually makes the right decisions 99.9%. No one blames him.”
The Bavarian giant bid farewell to the German Cup for the fourth consecutive season, and the last time the team won the title was back in the 2019-2020 season.
In that season, Bayern Munich defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the final, specifically with a score of 4-2, in a match that was held on July 4, 2020 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin behind closed doors due to the Corona virus pandemic.
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