Bayer Leverkusen was in the mood to celebrate on Wednesday, for more reasons than one.
For starters, Xabi Alonso’s side continued its remarkable unbeaten season with a 4-0 win over Fortuna Düsseldorf in the German cup semifinal. Leverkusen will face Kaiserslautern in the final, as a treble is still very much possible this season with a commanding lead in the Bundesliga and a Europa League quarterfinal date with West Ham.
Jeremie Frimpong was also flying high thanks to Germany’s new relaxed laws on marijuana, offering up a weed-themed celebration alongside Amine Adli following his seventh-minute goal.
After slamming the ball into the net, Frimpong went up to Adli, who pantomimed rolling and lighting up a joint before passing it over to his teammate. The Dutch defender — perhaps in a nod to his birth city of Amsterdam — eagerly accepted the gift and took a good, long drag.
Only two days before Leverkusen’s match, Germany became the largest European Union country to legalize marijuana possession for recreational use.
Bayer Leverkusen hasn’t won a major trophy since 1993, and is now just a few wins away from a treble. The pressure is on Alonso’s men, but they have been too good to imagine this season going up in smoke.
Watch Leverkusen’s weed-themed celebration
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