Sportfreunde Lotte v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

SF Lotte twice came from behind to take the game to penalties

Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen suffered a shock German Cup second-round defeat on penalties to 10-man SF Lotte of the third tier.

Kevin Volland opened the scoring for the visitors before Roberto Hilbert's own goal levelled the scores.

Tim Wendel was sent off for a second yellow card before Volland added a second in extra time, but Kevin Freiberger took the tie to penalties.

Lotte, who beat Werder Bremen in the first round, won the shootout 4-3.

Leverkusen boss Roger Schmidt was banned for the game after abusing Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann in the previous match.

The Bayer Leverkusen Twitter feed could not believe it when the 10 men of SF Lotte equalised in extra time

And they expressed their disappointment at full-time

SF Lotte goalkeeper Benedikt Fernandez was the hero in the shootout