It’s only the start of the season, the weather in Europe is hot, new players are yet to adapt to their new roles… There are many potential reasons a top team would lose to an inferior opponent. But even with all that, it seems utterly insane that Bundesliga high-flyers Bayer 04 Leverkusen somehow conceded four goals and crashed out of the DFB-Pokal at the hands of third-tier club SV Elversberg. It’s a major upset in the German Cup first round!Leverkusen, nicknamed The Aspirin Makers after the factory that established the football team, will be clutching their heads for a long time after the disgraceful result they served up for their fans.3.bundesliga side Elversberg scores their 4th against Neverkusen. You saw it here first. pic.twitter.com/HOA75w9glN— 🇧🇩German football, Bayern (@bddefcb) July 30, 2022 Elversberg got off to a brilliant start in the third division with a 5-1 win at Rot-Weiss Essen. Their coach Horst Steffen trusted the same players who dominated in their division, but not even he expected that his side could even come close to upsetting one of Germany’s best-organised clubs.Leverkusen boss Gerardo Seoane gave their recent signing Adam Hlozek his first start for the club. The 20-year-old Czech forward arrived from Sparta Prague for a fee of $14.3 million. To put today’s result in perspective, the combined estimated value of Elversberg’s entire squad is around $5 million, three times less than just one boy who pulled on a Leverkusen shirt at the Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde.##NAJAVA_MECA_6533902##The hosts took the lead through Jannik Rochelt early on after a swift counter-attack, but the Aspirin boys levelled with a meek shot from outside the area that squeezed past Elversberg’s ‘keeper.The home team retook the lead from the penalty spot through Ivorian veteran striker Kevin Koffi, but Charles Aranguiz made it 2-2 before the break.That was the best the visitors could do, however. The brave minnows gave their glamourous opponents no respect and hit two more goals through Luca Pascal Schnellbacher and Kevin Conrad with 15 minutes to go.4:3 im @dfb_pokal dfb_pokal gegen @bayer04fussball bayer04fussball LIEBEN WIR!!!!!!11!ELV!!!!!#elvb04 #DieElv #unsererelv #NurDieSVE #DFBPokal #saarland pic.twitter.com/DrfmrlaL2a— SV 07 ELVERSBERG (@SV07Elversberg) July 30, 2022 Patrick Schick scored for Bayer to make it 4-3 and offer some late drama, but the inspired hosts held on to claim a victory that will go down in the folklore in the German state of Saarland.
