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A title drought of more than 30 years came to an end for Bayer Leverkusen when they clinched their maiden Bundesliga title on April 14 and they went on to complete a domestic double with a hard-fought win to take the German Cup trophy on Saturday. “It seems like a fairytale. Maybe in two or three weeks we will realize what we have achieved,” captain Lukas Hradecky told reporters after the 1-0 win against Kaiserslautern. Leverkusen broke the deadlock against the second division team in the 16th minute with Granit Xhaka, but had Odilon Kossounou sent off in the 44th. They played the entire secon…

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