Victor Boniface came off the bench to give DFB Pokal Holders, Bayer Leverkusen the Winner in extra time to defeat FC Koln in the DFB Pokal, Nigeriasoccertnet.com reports.
Boniface scored his 10th goal of the season as the defending champions came from two goals down to beat FC Koln in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.
DFB Pokal quarter-final derby saw 45 minutes of play until the first goal was scored. Cologne broke the deadlock 10 minutes after additional time in the first half.
Dejan Ljubicic found Damion Downs and he kept the ball long enough to slam home at the near post.
A counter straight out of the book - Linton Maina was set free by Damion Downs, cut inside, and bent the ball into the bottom corner nine minutes into the second half to make it 2-0 for Cologne.
In the 60th minute, Emiliano Buendia leaves the pitch for Nigeria Super Eagles forward Nathan Tella.
Florian Wirtz played in Patrick Schick and he finished through Marvin Schwäbe's legs in the 61st minute.
As the push for more goals arose, Coach Xabi Alonso took off Exequiel Palacios for Victor Boniface in the 76th minute.
As it looked like Cologne was going home with the win, Patrick Schick headed home the equaliser for Leverkusen 5 minutes into the additional time, taking the game to extra time.
Eight minutes into first-half extra time, Boniface scored from close range to put the league champions in the lead for the first time in the game. A consecutive goal for the Nigerian since his return from injury.
The goal eventually became the winner as the Werkself held on for the win to progress to the last 4.
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