Florian Wirtz scored a goal in each half as Bayer Leverkusen beat Fortuna Dusseldorf 4-0 at home on Wednesday to reach the German Cup final for the fifth time. Leverkusen have been known this season for stealing wins in the closing seconds, but against their second-division opponents, Leverkusen were in complete control from start to finish. Jeremie Frimpong opened the scoring in the 7th minute and Amine Adli added another in the 20th minute. Adderley is the top scorer in the cup this season with five goals.

Wirtz added a third goal 10 minutes before half-time and added another on the hour mark to seal a comfortable victory for Xabi Alonso’s side.

The victory extended Leverkusen’s unbeaten run this season to 40 games, allowing a team that has only won two major trophies in the club’s history to continue to realize their dream of a treble.

Midfielder Granit Xhaka said his team were “doing everything they can to make fans’ dreams come true over the years”.

“Finals are always special,” Alonso explained. “We will be ready, but we need to enjoy the moment.”

They won the German Cup in 1993 but finished runners-up three times since. Leverkusen have never won the Bundesliga title and currently lead second-placed Bayern Munich by 13 points with seven games remaining.

“It was a very good result and we made it to the finals. It was fun to celebrate with the fans and see the enjoyment on their faces,” Wirtz said.

“We’re happy to make them happy today.”

Wirtz, who is the main target of transfer speculation at the club and Alonso, who has committed to stay at Bayer Leverkusen next year, told DTV 2: “I won’t talk about these topics tonight – we want to celebrate.”

Standing next to the DFB-Pokal, Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah said: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to capture this beauty in the final.”

When asked if he wanted to touch it, Tower declined, saying “we’re waiting.”

Kaiserslautern became the first second division team to reach the final since 2011 by defeating third-division Saarbrücken on Tuesday.

Fortuna Dusseldorf’s hopes of competing in a first-ever All-Second Division final with Kaiserslautern were dealt an early blow when Frimpong fired in from close range seven minutes later.

Despite being only 20, Wirtz once again provided Leverkusen with the lead, finding Adley who confidently scored to double the lead.

After regaining the ball, Leverkusen quickly passed the ball to Wirtz, who broke away from a defender and past Florian Carstenmaier for the third goal.

In the 60th minute, Patrick Schick’s header hit the hand of Dusseldorf player Matthias Zimmermann, and the referee pointed to the penalty spot after a VAR review.

Carstenmaier guessed correctly, but Wirtz’s shot was deflected perfectly inside the left post and the home fans broke into chants of “Berlin, we’re going to Berlin” for the May Cup final.

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