BERLIN (AP) — Erik ten Hag made a winning start as Bayer Leverkusen coach with a 4-0 result at fourth-tier team Sonnenhof Großaspach in the first round of the German Cup on Friday.
Patrik Schick, Brazilian wing back Arthur, debutant Christian Kofane and Álex Grimaldo all scored, but they assumed control only after Großaspach captain Volkan Celikwas was sent off in the 66th with two bookings in as many minutes.
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Bielefeld's Isaiah Young celebrates scoring with Stefano Russo, left, during the DFB Cup 1st round soccer match between Arminia Bielefeld and Werder Bremen at Schüco Arena, Bielefeld, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP)
Gütersloh's Björn Rother, left, and Berlin's Ilyas Ansah in action during the DFB Cup first round between FC Gütersloh and 1. FC Union Berlin in Gütersloh, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Berlin's Robert Skov, left, celebrates scoring with Leopold Querfeld during the DFB Cup first round between FC Gütersloh and 1. FC Union Berlin in Gütersloh, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Magdeburg's Rayan Ghrieb, second right, celebrates scoring with teammates during the DFB Cup first round soccer match between FC Saarbrücken and FC Magdeburg at Ludwigspark Stadium in Saarbrücken, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Saarbrücken's Kai Brünker, front, and Magdeburg's Tobias Müller in action during the DFB Cup first round soccer match between FC Saarbrücken and FC Magdeburg at Ludwigspark Stadium in Saarbrücken, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Leverkusen's Arthur celebrates scoring with Edmond Tapsoba, right, during the DFB Cup 1st round soccer match between SG Sonnenhof Großaspach and Bayer Leverkusen at WIRmachenDRUCK Arena, Aspach, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Bernd Weißbrod/dpa via AP)
Leverkusen was forced to defend for long periods after Schick’s 32nd-minute opener. The Czech forward also needed to clear the ball off the line.
Arthur scored the second shortly after Celikwas’ sending off and the other goals followed Mert Tasdelen’s late sending off for a bad challenge on Leverkusen defender Axel Tape.
Ten Hag, the former Manchester United manager, took over from the Real Madrid-bound Xabi Alonso and has had little time to work with a squad undergoing huge changes. Key players like Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Granit Xhaka have left while Kofane, Tape, Ernest Poku, Ibrahim Maza, Jarell Quansah and goalkeeper Mark Flekken all made their debuts on Friday.
“Of course it needs time, you could see not every action worked out,” Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes said of the changes. “But we saw today that we've got interesting young players. Ibrahim Maza did well and showed his qualities between the lines. And that's why it will take a little time, but we still have a good team.”
The match was interrupted in the first half by a summer storm featuring hailstones. Referee Michael Bacher led the teams off the field. It resumed after a 40-minute break.
American forward Isaiah Young struck in the final minutes to fire last season’s beaten finalist Arminia Bielefeld into the second round with a 1-0 win over Werder Bremen.
The Bundesliga side's Leonardo Bittencourt was sent off in the 54th and Bielefeld pushed hard for the winner. Young made his entrance in the 79th and sent the home fans wild when he tucked the ball inside the left post in the third minute of stoppage time.
Bielefeld, then playing in the third division, knocked out a host of Bundesliga clubs — including Bremen — on its way to the final in May, when Stuttgart proved too strong.
Stuttgart’s title defense won’t start till later this month as it’s playing Bayern Munich in the German Supercup on Saturday.
Also on Friday, Union Berlin routed fourth-tier side Gütersloh 5-0 away, and second-division Magdeburg enjoyed a 3-1 win at third-division Saarbrücken.
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Bielefeld's Isaiah Young celebrates scoring with Stefano Russo, left, during the DFB Cup 1st round soccer match between Arminia Bielefeld and Werder Bremen at Schüco Arena, Bielefeld, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP)
Gütersloh's Björn Rother, left, and Berlin's Ilyas Ansah in action during the DFB Cup first round between FC Gütersloh and 1. FC Union Berlin in Gütersloh, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Berlin's Robert Skov, left, celebrates scoring with Leopold Querfeld during the DFB Cup first round between FC Gütersloh and 1. FC Union Berlin in Gütersloh, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Magdeburg's Rayan Ghrieb, second right, celebrates scoring with teammates during the DFB Cup first round soccer match between FC Saarbrücken and FC Magdeburg at Ludwigspark Stadium in Saarbrücken, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Saarbrücken's Kai Brünker, front, and Magdeburg's Tobias Müller in action during the DFB Cup first round soccer match between FC Saarbrücken and FC Magdeburg at Ludwigspark Stadium in Saarbrücken, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Leverkusen's Arthur celebrates scoring with Edmond Tapsoba, right, during the DFB Cup 1st round soccer match between SG Sonnenhof Großaspach and Bayer Leverkusen at WIRmachenDRUCK Arena, Aspach, Germany, Friday Aug. 15, 2025. (Bernd Weißbrod/dpa via AP)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown.
The threat comes a day after a man was shot and wounded by an immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle. That shooting further heightened the fear and anger that has radiated across the city since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used federal law, to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.
“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump said in social media post.
Presidents have invoked the law more than two dozen times, most recently in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush to end unrest in Los Angeles. In that instance, local authorities had asked for the assistance.
“I’m making a direct appeal to the President: Let’s turn the temperature down. Stop this campaign of retribution. This is not who we are,” Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, said on X.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he would challenge any such action in court. He's already suing to try to stop the surge by the Department of Homeland Security, which says officers have arrested more than 2,500 people since Nov. 29 as part of an immigration operation in the Twin Cities called Metro Surge.
The operation grew when ICE sent 2,000 officers and agents to the area early in January. ICE is a DHS agency.
In Minneapolis, smoke filled the streets Wednesday night near the site of the latest shooting as federal officers wearing gas masks and helmets fired tear gas into a small crowd. Protesters responded by throwing rocks and shooting fireworks.
Demonstrations have become common in Minneapolis since Good was fatally shot on Jan. 7. Agents who have yanked people from their cars and homes have been confronted by angry bystanders demanding they leave.
“This is an impossible situation that our city is presently being put in and at the same time we are trying to find a way forward to keep people safe, to protect our neighbors, to maintain order,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of three people who said they were questioned or detained in recent days. The lawsuit says two are Somali and one is Hispanic; all three are U.S. citizens. The lawsuit seeks an end to what the ACLU describes as a practice of racial profiling and warrantless arrests. The government did not immediately comment.
Homeland Security said in a statement that federal law enforcement officers on Wednesday stopped a driver from Venezuela who is in the U.S. illegally. The person drove off then crashed into a parked car before fleeing on foot, DHS said.
Officers caught up, then two other people arrived and the three started attacking the officer, according to DHS.
“Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired a defensive shot to defend his life,” DHS said. The confrontation took place about 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) from where Good was killed.
Police chief Brian O’Hara said the man who was shot did not have a life-threatening injury. O’Hara's account of what happened largely echoed that of Homeland Security, which later said the other two men were also in the U.S. illegally from Venezuela.
The FBI said several government vehicles were damaged and property inside was stolen when agents responded to the shooting. Photos show broken windows and insults made with paint. A reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information. The FBI’s Minneapolis office did not immediately reply to messages seeking more details.
St. Paul Public Schools, with more than 30,000 students, said it would begin offering an online learning option for students who do not feel comfortable coming to school. Schools will be closed next week until Thursday to prepare for those accommodations.
Minneapolis Public Schools, which has a similar enrollment, is also offering temporary remote learning. The University of Minnesota will start a new term next week with different options depending on the class.
Madhani reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press reporters Sophia Tareen in Chicago; Bill Barrow in Atlanta; Rebecca Santana in Washington; and Ed White in Detroit contributed.
Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Law enforcement officers at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
A woman covers her face from tear gas as federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
A protester throws back a tear gas canister during a protest after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Minneapolis City Council Member Jason Chavez, second from left, blows a whistle with other activists to warn people of federal immigration officers Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Tear gas surrounds federal law enforcement officers as they leave a scene after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A child and family are escorted away after federal law enforcement deployed tear gas in a neighborhood during protests on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
A protester holds an umbrella as sparks fly from a flash bang deployed by law enforcement on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Monica Travis shares an embrace while visiting a makeshift memorial for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A protester yells in front of law enforcement after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Tear gas surrounds federal law enforcement officers as they leave a scene after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Protesters shout at law enforcement officers after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Law enforcement officers stand amid tear gas at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
