It is the biggest game in the history of the Hamburg district association, which was founded in 1905. With a 2-1 win over local neighbors Altona 93 in the final of the association cup, Teutonia qualified for the DFB Cup for the first time – and were promptly drawn to defending champions Leipzig. Club boss Liborio Mazzagatti, who is hoping for a “full booth” and a “nice football festival” against the Saxons on August 30, said it was a “great draw”.
The regional league team would have liked to have celebrated the latter in the Millerntor Stadium and asked St. Pauli if there was a possibility of renting their football temple in the neighborhood for the game. But instead of the hoped-for acknowledgment, the second division club rejected the offer, arguing that Leipzig was not welcome in the arena.
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St. Pauli sees “RB model extremely critical”
“As is well known, FC St. Pauli is extremely critical of the RB model because we believe it is not compatible with the 50+1 rule, which we are committed to. The RB model is also very popular with our fans and supporters Rejection. FC St. Pauli therefore does not want to give RB a stage beyond possible competitive games, especially not at the Millerntor, which stands as a symbol for solidarity and fairer football,” says a letter from the second division club to Teutonia, which Hamburger Abendblatt” and from which the newspaper quotes. Officially, the second division team did not justify its rejection of the Hamburg Cup winners. And those responsible at Teutonia also do not want to comment publicly on this.
Deniz Ercin, administrative manager at the regional league, confirmed when asked by NDR “that it would have been our wish to play at Millerntor”. Because: “We are a district association, and FC St. Pauli is a district association.”