HSV and Hertha also continue
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Borussia Dortmund shattered Eintracht Frankfurt’s cup dream early on and can continue to hope for the coveted trip to Berlin at the end of the season. In the top duel of the second round, BVB won 4-2 on penalties and thus sealed the knockout. the Hessians, who missed the round of 16 in the DFB Cup for the first time in four years.
After 120 minutes the score was 1:1 (1:1, 0:1). In the penalty shootout, Frankfurt’s Ritsu Doan, who fired over the goal, and Farès Chaïbi, who was denied by Gregor Kobel, lost their nerve. Things had started so well for the hosts. In front of 59,300 spectators, Ansgar Knauff gave Eintracht the lead in the seventh minute.
But Julian Brandt (48th) equalized in a wild back and forth for Dortmund, who have won the competition five times so far. The last triumph for the time being came in 2021. With the victory, the BVB professionals also gave their coach Niko Kovac a nice evening of football at their old place of work.
Cup embarrassment: VfL Wolfsburg fails at Holstein Kiel
After major problems in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg has now also embarrassed itself in the DFB Cup. The Volkswagen club lost 0-1 (0-1) against second division club Holstein Kiel in their own stadium in the second round.
VfL coach Paul Simonis and the increasingly controversial sports director Peter Christiansen are now under massive pressure because the effect of the happy Bundesliga success at Hamburger SV (1-0) has evaporated just three days later.
Wolfsburg defender Jenson Seelt saw a questionable yellow-red card in the 36th minute. Alexander Bernhardsson (42nd) then scored with a penalty kick for Kiel. Significant for this evening: Mohammed Amoura’s supposed 1-1 (64′) didn’t count because of offside. And defender Konstantinos Koulierakis headed over the goal from four meters (85th).
Joker Glatzel shoots HSV in Heidenheim in the DFB Cup
Aided by a sending-off and thanks to a goal from centre-forward Robert Glatzel, who was recently rarely in demand, Hamburger SV moved into the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. The Hanseatic League deservedly but painfully won 1-0 (0-0) at 1. FC Heidenheim.
Joker Glatzel decided the hard-fought duel between the two Bundesliga teams with a penalty kick in the 83rd minute. After the red card against defender Tim Siersleben, Heidenheim had to play the entire second half outnumbered due to an emergency stop (44′).
For FCH, which is also low in the league, it was the seventh defeat in the tenth competitive game of the season in front of 15,000 spectators. In the end, the hosts were also frustrated: coach Frank Schmidt saw a yellow-red card and then a straight red card after the final whistle.
Fearful opponent Elversberg defeated: Hertha BSC round of 16
Hertha BSC ended the negative series against SV Elversberg with a confident performance in the second round of the DFB Cup and can continue to dream of the final in their own stadium. The Berliners beat their second division rivals from Saarland 3-0 (1-0) in the Olympic Stadium and are in the round of 16. The capital club had previously lost four games in a row against SVE.
Michaël Cuisance gave Hertha an early lead (15th). After a cautious start, the Berliners clearly dominated the game and earned the victory. Striker Sebastian Grönning increased after the break (58th). Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson scored with a penalty kick at the final whistle (90+4). Elversberg’s Lukas Pinckert was shown a red card for the foul.
