Third-tier Saarbruecken stunned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-1 with a last-gasp winner on Wednesday to dump them out of the German Cup in the second round.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
10' Yellow Card! Manuel Zeitz booked
16' GOAL! 1. FC Saarbrücken 0-1 Bayern (Muller)
40' Yellow Card! Choupo-Moting booked
46' GOAL! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1-1 Bayern (Patrick Sontheimer)
65' Musiala's long shot stopped
71' Ganbry's shot stopped
75' Coman's long shot stopped
80' Muller's header wide out
96' GOAL! 1. FC Saarbrücken 2-1 Bayern (Marcel Gaus)
Match Report
Marcel Gaus netted the winner for the hosts deep into second-half stoppage time to complete a sensational comeback and trigger wild celebrations from the home crowd as the Bayern players looked on in complete shock.
Bayern, who last lifted the trophy in 2020, had taken a first-half lead through Thomas Mueller before Saarbruecken levelled in first-half added time.
Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel made several changes to the team that crushed Darmstadt 98 8-0 on Saturday, leaving top scorer Harry Kane on the bench along with Kingsley Coman and Jamal Musiala while giving 20-year-old Frans Kraetzig his first start.
Bayern also had to take defender Matthias de Ligt off midway through the first half with the Dutch international suffering a knee injury.
It got worse before the break for Bayern as defender Kim Min-jae's pass was intercepted and Patrick Sontheimer tapped in from close range.
The Bavarians struggled to convert chances and paid the price when the hosts launched a quick break and a cutback from the right sailed across the entire box past three Bayern players before Gaus thundered in the winner with a low left-foot drive in the sixth minute of added time.
Line-ups
1. FC Saarbrücken XI: Marcel Gaus, Manuel Zeitz, Boné Uaferro, Calogero Rizzuto, Lukas Boeder, Kasim Rabihic, Patrick Sontheimer, Schreiber, Simon Stehle, Fabio Di Michele Sanchez, Amine Naïfi
Subs: Tim Paterok, Julius Biada, Julian Günther-Schmidt, Kai Brünker, Tim Civeja, Frederik Recktenwald, Luca Kerber, Finn Kotyrba, Léo Sahin
Bayern XI: Neuer, Choupo-Moting, Muller, Sarr, Kimmich, Sane, De Ligt, Alphonso Davies, Min-jae Kim, Mathys Tel, Frans Krätzig
Subs: Kane, Gnabry, Coman, Laimer, Daniel Peretz, Jamal Musiala, Taichi Fukui, Lovro Zvonarek, Aleksandar Pavlovic