1860 Munich fights against Schalke in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup and provides a surprise with the narrow victory
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Schalke 04 flies out of the DFB Cup in 1860. Hertha and RB Leipzig are each struggling to reach the round of 16 at fourth division clubs – and Kiel throws itself out with two own goals. The games of the second round at a glance.
Dhe TSV 1860 Munich gave the relegated Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 a bitter knockout on a big cup evening. In the duel between the traditional clubs, the passionately fighting third division team beat the favorites 1-0 (1-0) in front of 15,000 spectators in the Grünwalder Stadium. “Berlin, Berlin, we’re going to Berlin,” sang the euphoric 1860 fans.
Stefan Lex shot the “Löwen” with his goal in the 5th minute into the last sixteen. After the red card for Schalke defender Malick Thiaw because of an emergency brake against Lex, he claimed the lead in 1860. The Schalker Pokal-Aus was deserved and self-inflicted.
The scoreboard in the venerable stadium on Grünwalder Straße doesn’t lie – 1860 wins against Schalke
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Schalke coach Dimitrios Grammozis initially refrained from using striker Simon Terodde. Instead, the first big accent was set by “Löwen” cult striker Sascha Mölders. The captain took the ball from Darko Churlinov with robust effort, passed Lex, who overcame Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann. The aggressive sixties stayed on, a Lex shot hit the crossbar (22nd).
It took Schalke some time to log into the game. Grammozis replaced the indisposed Churlinov early with Thomas Ouwejan. The regular player immediately shot dangerously from a distance (29th). And Marius Bülter extended a free kick with his head, but 1860 goalkeeper Marco Hiller steered the ball to the crossbar (31st).
The guests came out of the cabin sleepy again. Thiaw brought down Lex, who was storming to the Schalke goal, and saw red. The Schalke reared up when they were outnumbered. Terodde came but didn’t sting. Lex had the 2-0 on the foot, but forgave (69th). Hiller parried a shot from Bülter class (79th).
Prussia Münster – Hertha BSC 1: 3
With luck and thanks to two joker goals against ten fourth division players from Preußen Münster, Hertha BSC trembled into the second round. The Bundesliga team won the second round match at the regional league team 3-1 (1-1) thanks to the goals of substitute Ishak Belfodil (79th minute) and Marco Richter (83rd). Previously, the early lead by Stevan Jovetic (3rd) had given coach Pal Dardai’s disappointing team no security. The Prussians came before the break to the deserved compensation by Thorben-Johannes Deters (41st) and were even outnumbered after the break before the sensation.
Munster’s Henok Teklab (l.) Claims the ball against Deyovaisio Zeefuik
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Despite a dropout by Nicolai Remberg, who had to leave the field after an unnecessary yellow-red swallow (45th + 2), ten people from Münster put Hertha under permanent pressure in the second half. An extension like in the first round against VfL Wolfsburg at 1: 3 after extra time was within reach. Because of a mistake by Wolfsburg, the game was then rated for Münster. But this time it was not enough for the fourth division club, which was selling dearly.
SV Babelsberg – RB Leipzig 0-1
RB Leipzig did its cup sandwich between the two games against Paris Saint-Germain without much effort. At the fourth division club SV Babelsberg 03, last year’s finalist prevailed 1-0 (1-0) and, as expected, booked the round of 16 ticket.
Babelsberg delivered a big cup fight to Leipzig – here Jake Wilton (r.) RB striker Yussuf Poulsen attacks
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Dominik Szoboszlai (45th minute) scored the goal for the Bundesliga club in front of 6,218 spectators in the sold-out Karl Liebknecht Stadium. Babelsberg did not create another cup coup after the penalty crime thriller in the first round against SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
TSG Hoffenheim – Holstein Kiel 5:1
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim did their duty in front of a minus backdrop and also benefited from two own goals when they beat second division Holstein Kiel. Sebastian Hoeneß’s team won 5: 1 (2: 0) in front of just 5033 spectators against the previous year’s semi-finalists, who had already made a preliminary decision with own goals by Johannes van den Bergh (3rd minute) and Hauke Wahl (32nd minute) the halftime brought about. After the change, Phil Neumann (47th) shortened for Kiel, but Angelo Stiller (59th), Munas Dabbur (72nd) and Jacob Bruun Larsen (83rd) increased the Bundesliga club’s well-deserved victory.
Hoffenheim celebrates Rutter’s (2nd from left) early opening goal
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After TSG lost 4-0 at FC Bayern last year and were eliminated last year at home by second division Greuther Fürth, the sovereign performance was extremely important for Hoeneß as well. The 39-year-old nephew of Uli Hoeneß had changed his team to five positions compared to the bankruptcy in Munich.
The game showed once again that Hoffenheim is still struggling to fill its stadium after the end of the ghost games. The 5033 spectators in the arena only filled a third of the permitted capacity of 15,075 spectators. Even in the Bundesliga games against VfL Wolfsburg and FSV Mainz 05, fewer than 10,000 people were interested. On Friday evening, Hoffenheim will play against Hertha BSC in the league, even then a utilization of 50 percent of the stadium capacity will be possible.
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