Lewa passes 50-objective tag as Bayern win 20th German Cup
Robert Lewandowski passed the 50-goal tag this season as being Bayern Munich completed the double with a 4-2 triumph over Bayer Leverkusen behind closed doors to win a 20th German Glass on Saturday.
Bundesliga champions Bayern dominated at Berlin's Olympic Stadium as David Alaba smashed home an early free-kick before Serge Gnabry added the next goal on the first-half.
Lewandowski has 51 goals altogether this year after scoring twice in the second-half either aspect of a good Sven Bender header for Leverkusen.
Kai Havertz converted a penalty deep into added period for Leverkusen.
"In the second 50 percent we showed that people are the better workforce and wished to be cup winners," said man-of-the-match Lewandowski.
Bayern, crowned Bundesliga champions for the eighth right year last Saturday, possess won all of their 11 games since the season resumed in mid-May after a two-months hiatus due to the coronavirus.
They could finish the growing season winning the treble because they are among the favourites for the Champions League finals in Lisbon next month.
This is the 13th amount of time in the club's history they possess won the double.
Lewandowski, crowned Bundesliga top-scorer for the fifth period last weekend, netted 6 times in the cup, has 34 group goals and 11 more in the Champions League this season.
Leverkusen completed a hat-trick of defeats after also sacrificing the 2002 and 2009 glass finals in Berlin.
When Lewandowski was clattered by simply defender Edmond Tapsoba about 16 minutes, it had been Alaba who swung the resulting absolutely free kick inside the post to provide Bayern the opening target.
They doubled their lead after Joshua Kimmich won the ball in midfield eight moments later.
His move split the defence, Gnabry sprinted onto the ball and fired past Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky to create it 2-0 at the break.
Under control
"We are so happy that we got the double. In the first one half we'd the game completely in order," said Gnabry.
With players' calls echoing around the near-empty terraces of the cavernous stadium, where Germany head mentor Joachim Loew was among a handful of guests, the overall game was played in an eerie atmosphere.
"It's somewhat of a sad point in time," admitted Bayern forward Thomas Mueller, who lamented the lack of fans, after earning the German Glass for the sixth amount of time in his career.
"If the followers are missing at such a cup final, it's not the same.
"We've done very well this season over long stretches, but it also hurts a bit."
Having skied a go at goal moments earlier, Lewandowski managed to get 3-0 when he controlled a clearance kick simply by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and tried out a long-vary speculative shot by Hradecky.
The Leverkusen keeper parried the shot, but watched in horror since it rolled behind him and over the target line on 59 moments.
"I pointed out that the goalkeeper was a bit off his line, so I thought I'd just test it out for," revealed Lewandowski.
"It was a little surprise it went in, but you always have to try."
It fired lifestyle into Leverkusen, whose centre-again Sven Bender slipped his marker Leon Goretzka and headed house on 64 minutes.
Leverkusen nearly got a second moments afterwards when Kevin Volland and Havertz both didn't hook up with a cross.
Lewandowski claimed his second when he fired residence Ivan Perisic's spread 89 minutes.
Bayern defender Alphonso Davies conceded the penalty on the 4th minute of added time which Havertz converted just before the whistle.
