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Leipzig players celebrate (Reuters)
After Union Berlin defeated St. Pauli 1: 2 and advanced to the semi-finals, the German Cup quarter-finals continued tonight (Wednesday) as Bull Leipzig did not have a hard time defeating Hanover 0: 4 and qualifying, as did Hamburg when they won on penalties 2: 3 after 2: 2 2 at the end of 120 minutes on Karlsruhe. In addition, at the end of a huge drama, Freiburg defeated Bochum 1: 2 and also advanced to the next stage. The French Cup was also played tonight in the semi-finals, where Nantes ousted Monaco after 2: 2 at the end of legal time when they won 2: 4 in a duel from the penalty spot.
Hanover – Leipzig 4: 0
Leipzig continued its excellent period, recording a fifth consecutive victory in all competitions and far from just two games described. The excellent Christopher Anconco started the guest’s celebration in the 17th minute when he took advantage of Danny Olmo’s cooking and put it to the lead. Five minutes later, Anconco completed a quick double from Yushko Gavardiol’s cooking and set up a 0-2 draw at the break. In the 68th minute, Conrad Leimer scored the third from Andre Silva’s cross and five minutes later, Andre Silva scored himself and set up a big win at the end.
Hamburg – Karlsruhe 2: 2 (2: 3 on penalties)
A meeting between two teams from the second division who wanted to be the Cinderella of the German Cup ended in a sweet victory for Hamburg. In the 40th minute, Philip Hayes gave the visitors the lead and made it 0: 1 at the break. Six minutes into the second half, Philip Hoffman equalized. Less than a minute passed, and Karlsruhe regained the lead thanks to a goal by Robert Glatzl. In the 71st minute, Christopher Kovald received a red card and Hamburg received a penalty but Sonny Kittel did not take advantage of it and missed. Deep into extra time, Robert Glatzl set up a dramatic 2-2 draw and sent the game into extra time. At the end of 120 minutes, Hamburg as mentioned won and advanced to the next stage.
Bochum – Freiburg 2: 1
What a tremendous drama we had tonight in Bochum. It only started after 51 minutes with the first goal of the game when Nils Petersen gave Freiburg the lead. In the 64th minute, Bochum’s reaction came when Bastian Polter took advantage of Elvis Rexbkai’s cooking and equalized. The tie was maintained for 120 minutes, then came Roland Shalai, who scored a particularly dramatic goal just before the game went to the penalty spot and sent Freiburg to the semi-finals at the end of a huge drama.
Nantes – Monaco 2: 2 (2: 4)
In France, too, we had tonight’s cup celebration in which Toma Nantes defeated Monaco and qualified for the final where she will face Nice. Already in the 12th minute Monaco took the lead when Gijermo Marifan took advantage of Anderson’s cooking. Nine minutes after the team’s advantage from the principalities, Jibril Sidiba scored an unfortunate own goal and held Nantes to the game when he set up a 1-1 draw at the break. In the 74th minute, Samuel Motosami set up a reversal when he scored for Nantes, but less than two minutes passed and the wonderful Varenson completed a pair of assists this time finding Myron Baudu who scored and eventually his goal sent the teams to decisive kicks. After Monaco missed twice, Simon went to the decisive penalty, sending him to the net and Nantes to the cup final.
