Julian Brandt paved the way for Bayer Leverkusen in the first half of the last sixteen. First, he scored after strong preliminary work by Kevin Volland with a precise shot into the far corner the early lead (5 minutes), shortly before the break, he also led the 2-0. While Gladbach still sorted out, Brandt made a free-kick quickly, Lars Bender failed first to Yann Sommer, Tin Jedvaj but met in the margin (45. + 1).
Brandt also prepared the 3: 0 again: his shot after a 30-meter run took Karim Bellarabi for the third Bayer goal (67). After a steep pass from Volland Bellarabi then left Oscar Wendt and Yann Sommer and scored his second goal (74). The humiliation for Gladbach Volland perfected when he danced after a 40 -meter diagonal ball by Dominik Kohr summer and the 5-0 scored (80).
