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Granit Xhaka Scores As 10-Man Bayer Leverkusen Lift German Cup To Claim A First Double
Granit Xhaka scored the only goal as a 10-man Bayer Leverkusen beat Kaiserslautern 1-0 to lift the German Cup in Berlin on Saturday and give the club the league-cup double. Crowned Bundesliga champions in mid-April, Leverkusen were made to fight hard against their second-division opponents, playing with a man down after Odilon Kossounou's second yellow late in the first half. Xhaka's 16th-minute goal, a beautiful long-range strike with his left foot, made the difference as Leverkusen bounced back from Wednesday's Europa League final loss to Atalanta -- which ended both their season-long unbeaten run at 51 games and their hopes of a treble.