Eintracht Braunschweig wants to surprise VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Cup

By Patrick Halatsch, Martin Schneider

Whether the Magni Church in the old town, the colorful Rizzi house or the old town market, on which the German champions from 1967 celebrated their titles-the current kickers of Eintracht received an impression of the cultural diversity of the city during a city tour by Braunschweig.

The effect: “Of course, it is always good to get an impression of the city when it comes to history. That creates identification,” keeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann told the NDR.

“Löwen” want to surprise in the cup

And his captain Sven Köhler is certain that “identification with the city can even promote performance”. Before the duel of the Eintracht on Tuesday (8:45 p.m., live in the first and in the NDR LiveCenter) in the first round of the DFB Cup with defending champion Stuttgart, BTSV is looking forward to the game everywhere. The “lions” started the season well – and are hungry for more.

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“If you take Bayern out, nothing comes out for a long time and then VfB Stuttgart comes,” said coach Heiner Backhaus about the upcoming game. “And to measure yourself with them with our kind and our idea, is a maximum challenge for everyone,” added the coach. Köhler also said: “If we are all 100 percent and our fans at 100 percent, we have a chance. And I want to take the chance.”

Tempelmann is missing injured

After two victories for the league start at the 1st FC Magdeburg and in front of a home backdrop against Greuther Fürth, it recently set the first defeat of the season at Karlsruher SC. An overall unnecessary bankruptcy that also had personnel consequences.

The BTSV has to do without “several weeks” in midfielder Lino Tempelmann, who rose a bone bruise and a ligament injury in the ankle in the away game at the KSC. “It is of course very annoying. He is a player who needs rhythm, so he was so good here last season,” said Backhaus. “But we assumed much worse at Lino.”

Louis Breunig, however, is available. His dismissal from added time has no effect for the trophy.

BTSV full of anticipation

The basic mood in Eintracht is positive before the cup game. “It is a privilege to be able to measure yourself with the best. If you have to light your job for it,” said Backhaus. “I’m really looking forward to the game because floodlight games are something special. These are just cool games that are fun. And we play football for that,” said keeper Hoffmann.

Crisisful Stuttgart are warned

With the defending champion, on the other hand, you are in alarm mode early in the season – and on the hat in front of the “lions”. 94 days after the triumph of Berlin, the Swabians want to prevent another bankruptcy after the defeats in the Supercup against FC Bayern Munich (1: 2) and at the start of the league at Union Berlin (1: 2) with all its might.

Goalkeeper Alexander Nübel warned of a “disgusting lot, I think the hardest thing you could get as a Bundesliga club. We have to invest everything to assert ourselves there,” said the national goalkeeper. “We now have only one task in Braunschweig: to get one round. We are the defending champion – and we want to stay that as long as possible,” said VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß.

The Lower Saxony want to prevent this in turn – and broadcast a small tip towards Baden -Württemberg. On the website, the blue -yellow advertises the game research with the question: “Cup winner – why not?!”

The bankruptcy was avoidable because the blue and yellow collected unhappy goals and made too little out of their own possibilities.

What a home debut of the second division soccer team from Lower Saxony: against Fürth it went back and forth in the final phase, but in the end there was a 3-2 victory of the “Löwen”.

A dream goal by Mehmet Aydin shortly before the end gave the “Löwen” the away success, although they played outnumbered for a long time.