Lok Leipzig cheers: Dramatic Saxony Cup victory after penalty shootout!

Lok Leipzig cheers: Dramatic Saxony Cup victory after penalty shootout!

Probstheida, Deutschland - On May 25, 2025, the Bruno Plachen Stadium in Probstheida was filled to the last place when the 1st FC Lok Leipzig banned the Sachsen Cup final against FC Erzgebirge Aue. After 120 tension -charged minutes in which no goal was scored, the game in the penalty shootout had to be decided. Both teams showed a strong performance, but ultimately it was Lok Leipzig, which kept the upper hand with 6: 5 and thus won both the Sachsen Cup and the regional league championship, which has been the most successful this season since it was founded in 2003.

The penalty shootout offered dramatic moments. Lok keeper Niclas Müller parried Tim Hoffmann's decisive penalty, while Adrian Kireski scored the decisive goal for Lok and thus put the audience in ecstasy. In the regular season, the teams each turned a penalty; After Abderrahmane, Elsner, Fallmann, Piechowski and Barylla also met for locomotives, while Aue answered by Stefaniak and Pepic. "[Kicker] (https://www.kicker.de/lok-leipzig- towards-2025- Landespokal-Sachsen-5036379/ticker)" reports that the emotional moment, as Djamal Ziane, captain of Lok, the Cup of Saxony Interior Minister Armin Schuster and Volkmar Beier was given a highlight of the celebrations.

a memorable title gain

The emotions after the game were overwhelming. Players and fans have celebrated the third Sachsen Cup victory in the past five years. The coach of Lok Leipzig, Jochen Seitz, can look back on an outstanding season in which his team showed excellent performance in both the league and in the cup. "Die L-Iz" emphasizes that the next challenge for locomotive against TSV Havelse will be on May 28th and June 1st, which could be important for the future of the association.

Erzgebirge Aue, which completed the third division season in 13th place, has an eye on this game with this game into the DFB Cup after the last time they won the Saxon Cup in the 2015/16 season. The team under coach Jens Härtel showed a strong performance, but could not win the decision. Aue will now focus on the next season and hopefully the teachings will pull out of this narrow finale.