The Stuttgart has qualified for the final of the German Cup after defeating Leipzig at home 3-1 and will face Arminia Bielefeld, third division, on May 24 at the Berlin Olympic stadium.
It will be the first Cup final for Stuttgart in 12 years, since in 2013 it lost with Bayern (3-2). To find its third and last pokal title you have to go back to 1997, when it won 2-0 to Energie Cottbus.
The Bayer Leverkusen, current champion, took a batacazo after losing 2-1 away from home to the humble Arminia Bielefeld and next to the Leipzig has stayed at the doors of the grand finale.
Not even 5 minutes of encounter had passed when the local team went ahead on the scoreboard thanks to a goal (goal) by Angelo Stiller from the edge of the small area, ‘To the Mendieta’, a blow on the table just starting.
The Stuttgart, instead of looking for the second tried to endure the advantage and onslaught of the Leipzig, which harassed insistence but without success with up to 12 shots in the first 45 minutes, for only three of the premises.
Despite the great start of the visiting team in the second half, it was the Stuttgart that put the second in the electronic, in the 57th minute and by Nick Woltemade, an advantage that lasted little because the Slovenian Benjamin Sesko cut distances in the 62nd minute.
The Leipzig did everything possible to turn the situation around but with the entire team overturned in attack he ended up receiving the third and definitive so much, whose author was Jamie Leweling with a header after a corner kick.