DFB-Pokal 20/21 - German Cup

First round this weekend

Tonight already our dear Hertha BSC embarrassed herself with a 4-5 defeat against Eintracht Braunschweig, freshly promoted to 2nd BuLi from 3rd. It's amazing how the biggest club from Berlin could be so continually incapable of "going to Berlin"

The complete first round fixtures:

Freitag, 11. September (20.45 Uhr)
TSV Havelse - FSV Mainz 05 (Spielort Mainz) 1:5
Eintracht Braunschweig - Hertha BSC 5:4

Samstag, 12. September (15.30 Uhr)
1. FC Nürnberg - RB Leipzig
1860 München - Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Todesfelde - VfL Osnabrück
FC Oberneuland - Borussia Mönchengladbach (Spielort Mönchengladbach)
FV Engers 07 - VfL Bochum (Spielort Bochum)
VSG Altglienicke - 1. FC Köln (Spielort Köln)
MTV Eintracht Celle - FC Augsburg (Spielort Augsburg)
FSV Union Fürstenwalde - VfL Wolfsburg
RSV Meinerzhagen - SpVgg Greuther Fürth (Spielort Fürth)

Samstag, 12. September (18.30 Uhr)
FC Ingolstadt - Fortuna Düsseldorf
Karlsruher SC - Union Berlin
SSV Ulm - Erzgebirge Aue

Samstag, 12. September (20.45 Uhr)
Carl Zeiss Jena - Werder Bremen

Sonntag, 13. September (15.30 Uhr)
1. FC Kaiserslautern - Jahn Regensburg
1. FC Schweinfurt - FC Schalke 04 (Spielort Gelsenkirchen)
Hansa Rostock - VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Norderstedt - Bayer Leverkusen (Spielort Leverkusen)
TSV Steinbach Haiger - SV Sandhausen
FC Rielasingen-Arlen - Holstein Kiel (Spielort Kiel)
SV Elversberg - FC St. Pauli
SC Wiedenbrück - SC Paderborn
Chemnitzer FC - TSG Hoffenheim

Sonntag, 13. September (18.30 Uhr)
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - 1. FC Heidenheim
Waldhof Mannheim - SC Freiburg
1. FC Magdeburg - Darmstadt 98

Montag, 14. September (18.30 Uhr)
Dynamo Dresden - Hamburger SV
Rot-Weiss Essen - Arminia Bielefeld
Würzburger Kickers - Hannover 96

Montag, 14. September (20.45 Uhr)
MSV Duisburg - Borussia Dortmund

Donnerstag, 15. Oktober (20.45 Uhr)
1. FC Düren - Bayern München (Spielort München)

Sadly, because of Corona and the uncertainty about fans allowed into the stadia, many lower division teams have given away their right to host the games as home games, to the big clubs they're facing. (which is why it says 'Spielort:...' - place of game.. after some fixtures)
Usually one of the great things about early Pokal rounds is all those first division teams having to go to these tiny stadia and dressing rooms.
Among them, also the VSG Altglienicke, the winner of the Berlin cup and thus the Berlin lower divisions representative in the Pokal, has given away their home right to Köln, no possibility to watch them play Köln in Berlin.
Bayern's first round fixture has been postponed due to the CL final participation.

Also, let me direct your attention towards the club named SV Todesfelde.
Now, I have no idea who this club is and where this village/town is, but the name means literally "Field of Death" lmao. Osnabrück players should be careful.

Most high profile games are Nürnberg-Leipzig, Duisburg-Dortmund, and above all Dynamo Dresden vs the Hamburger SV

Fingers crossed for early exits of Schalke, HSV, and Leipzig. BVB, I don't see an upset there.

Nürnberg: Mathenia - Valentini, Sörensen, Mühl, Handwerker - Krauß, Singh - Schleusner, Dovedan, Nürnberger - Köpke

Leipzig: Gulacsi - Klostermann, Upamecano, Halstenberg - Adams, Sabitzer, Haidara, Angelino - Olmo, Nkunku - Hwang.

Sarpreet Singh starting @Kick

oh ffs Haidara scores after 2 minutes

Hapless_Hans wrote:Eintracht Braunschweig - Hertha BSC 5:4

Hertha needs their Grujic

Results from today

1. FC Nürnberg - RB Leipzig 0-3
1860 München - Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2
SV Todesfelde - VfL Osnabrück 0-1
FC Oberneuland - Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-8
FV Engers 07 - VfL Bochum 0-3
VSG Altglienicke - 1. FC Köln 0-6
MTV Eintracht Celle - FC Augsburg 0-7
FSV Union Fürstenwalde - VfL Wolfsburg 1-4
RSV Meinerzhagen - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1-6

FC Ingolstadt - Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-1
Karlsruher SC - Union Berlin 0-1
SSV Ulm - Erzgebirge Aue 2-0

Carl Zeiss Jena - Werder Bremen 0-1 (60 minutes)

Apart from 4th division Ulm kicking out 2nd BuLi Aue, no suprises or upsets whatsover. All the favourites won.
Bremen, still playing, now leading too.

Tanith Chong looks like he's wearing blackface

and he's also a pretty bad player I think

HOYL SHIT WHAT A CHANCE FOR JENA

Hapless_Hans wrote:Tanith Chong looks like he's wearing blackface

and he's also a pretty bad player I think

...aaaand he scores a good goal

0-2

Hapless_Hans wrote:
Most high profile games are Nürnberg-Leipzig, Duisburg-Dortmund, and above all Dynamo Dresden vs the Hamburger SV

Fingers crossed for early exits of Schalke, HSV, and Leipzig. BVB, I don't see an upset there.

Dynamo up 3-0 against the HSV looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Bank: Drljaca - Delaney, Dahoud, Reus, Brandt, Reinier, Piszczek, Wolf, Passlack

5-0 at the moment

Reus with thee quickest goal after being subbed on, 3 seconds on the pitch

Reinier, the latest next Neymar on loan from Real, now on. Surely though he should aspire to play for AS Monaco.

Haaland taken off. Hasn’t scored and has barely been involved in the play. Beautiful freekick from Thorgan, though.

Dortmund are playing some attractive football, but this is a pretty classic match between a league title challenger and a cup minnow

Thimmy wrote:Dortmund are playing some attractive football, but this is a pretty classic match between a league title challenger and a cup minnow

Duisburg have also been a man down all half

Hapless_Hans wrote:

Thimmy wrote:Dortmund are playing some attractive football, but this is a pretty classic match between a league title challenger and a cup minnow

Duisburg have also been a man down all half

Yeah, I don’t think it made all that much of a difference to the proceedings, though. Dortmund controlled the match well from start to finish. 3 of the goals had already been scored in the first half.

At least Pauli did better than the HSV... I'm not crying, it's just allergies.

Viva: I see that Leo Østigård recently returned to Brighton from St Pauli. What's your assessment of him? Assuming you saw him play. I've been told that he's quite talented, but I've never actually seen him play. The reason I ask is because we're in need of some young blood at right back on my national team, and if he's as good as some people say he is, then he would slot in perfectly there. Only 20 years old, though. I imagine he's a bit rough around the edges.

Results from Sunday and Monday

1. FC Kaiserslautern - Jahn Regensburg 3-4
1. FC Schweinfurt - FC Schalke 04 cancelled
Hansa Rostock - VfB Stuttgart 0-1
Eintracht Norderstedt - Bayer Leverkusen 0-7
TSV Steinbach Haiger - SV Sandhausen 1-2
FC Rielasingen-Arlen - Holstein Kiel 1-7
SV Elversberg - FC St. Pauli 4-2
SC Wiedenbrück - SC Paderborn 0-5
Chemnitzer FC - TSG Hoffenheim 2-3 after pens
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - 1. FC Heidenheim 1-0
Waldhof Mannheim - SC Freiburg 1-2
1. FC Magdeburg - Darmstadt 98 2-3

Dynamo Dresden - Hamburger SV 4-1
Rot-Weiss Essen - Arminia Bielefeld 1-0
Würzburger Kickers - Hannover 96 2-3
MSV Duisburg - Borussia Dortmund 0-5

Upsets on Sunday were Heidenheim (who only missed promotion to Bundesliga after a playoff loss to Werder) losing out to 3rd division Wiesbaden, and as Viva mentoned 4th division village club Elversberg kicking out Pauli.

On Monday, the mighty HSV embarrassed themselves against freshly relegated to 3rd division Dynamo Dresden, while 4th division Rot-Weiß Essen (RWO's nemesis) kicked out Bielefeld, newest Bundesligist.

5th division Düren vs Bayern still to play, Schalke game vs Schweinfurt got canceled as the Bavarian football federation couldn't figure out whom of their teams actually qualified for the DFB-Cup amid CoVid confusion, with up-and-coming München club Türkgücü challenging Schweinfurt participation successfully IN COURT. Don't ask me what happened exactly I couldn't understand it on superficial reading.

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen didn't qualify for the Cup!!!

Thimmy wrote:Viva: I see that Leo Østigård recently returned to Brighton from St Pauli. What's your assessment of him? Assuming you saw him play. I've been told that he's quite talented, but I've never actually seen him play. The reason I ask is because we're in need of some young blood at right back on my national team, and if he's as good as some people say he is, then he would slot in perfectly there. Only 20 years old, though. I imagine he's a bit rough around the edges.

TBH I haven't seen much of him because this season I got to see very little matches live, 2nd flight often happens when I'm at work sadly, but what from the few things I've seen and read, I would've preferred we keep him, but that was never an option. But all in all we had a very hit and miss season so it's tough to say anything about any player of ours right now...

I see. Thanks for the reply!

1. FC Düren - FC Bayern München

1. FC Düren:
Jacksmuth - Wippersfürth, Becker, Weber, Sobiech, Omerbasic - Pütz, Störmann - Antonski - Brasnic, Simon

FC Bayern München:
Nübel - Sarr, Süle, Boateng, Davies - Roca, Martinez - Douglas Costa, Müller, Musiala - Choupo-Moting

Nübel, Sarr Roca and Choupo-Moting with their debuts against 5th division Düren

Most players unavailable due to NT travels and games

Our bench:
Hoffmann, Arp, Stiller, Senkbeil,Ontuzans, Dajaku, Sirb, Lungwitz

https://tv.sport1.de/sport1/

German IP needed I guess

Douglas Costa to Sarr to Choupo-Moting

classic Bayern

last two games of the second round are played this week

Tomorrow Bayern - Kiel,  today Leverkusen - Frankfurt


(bench: Lomb, Dragovic, Schick, Jedvaj, Aránguiz, Sinkgraven, Onur, Gedikli, Türkmen)