At Hannover 96: BVB moves into the cup round of 16

Freiburg with difficulty against FCSP

Werder Bremen was kicked out of the DFB Cup in a penalty thriller without the suspended striker Marvin Ducksch at second division club SC Paderborn. On Wednesday, the promoted team lost 4: 5 (2: 2, 2: 2, 0: 2) on penalties in the second round of the cup at their former league rivals. For a long time, Werder were without penetrating power in attack, only an increase in performance in the second half gave the team of coach Ole Werner the extra time.

In front of 15,000 spectators in the sold-out Paderborn stadium, goalkeeper Leopold Zingerle saved Werder’s Leonardo Bittencourt penalty, Richmond Tachie converted the decisive try for Paderborn. In regular time, Bremen had equalized the Paderborn goals of Felix Platte (22nd) and Sirlord Conteh (43rd) through substitute Bittencourt (65th) and Mitchell Weiser (85th). In extra time, a missed goal by Niclas Füllkrug in Bremen caused a stir.

With difficulty: SC Freiburg wins against St. Pauli

SC Freiburg came back three days after losing 5-0 at FC Bayern Munich with a sense of achievement and struggled to reach the last sixteen of the DFB Cup. Last year’s finalist defeated second division side FC St. Pauli 2-1 (1-1, 0-1) after extra time on Wednesday. Lukas Daschner put Hamburg in the lead in the 42nd minute. After the equalizer by Matthias Ginter (90 + 3), Michael Gregoritsch (119) turned the game in favor of the Bundesliga club.

For about half an hour, very little happened in both penalty areas. Like last time against HSV, the guests used a three-man or five-man chain at the back and hardly gave Freiburg any chances. At the other end, debutant Atubolu first held his foot against Etienne Amenyido (37′), but five minutes later he had no chance. After a mistake by Freiburg defender Keven Schlotterbeck, Daschner ran towards the goal alone, stayed cool and lobbed the outsider’s lead. Streich reacted and made four changes at the break. Freiburg now acted more aggressively, but initially they were still rarely compelling. After St. Pauli’s Amenyido had given away the possible 2-0 against Atubolu (55th), the SC increased the pressure in the final phase of regular time – and equalized with Ginter’s header from close range.

In the extra time, Freiburg were the better team, substitute Gregoritsch created much more danger than his predecessor Nils Petersen. Two minutes before the end, Freiburg got the lucky punch. After a corner from Grifo, Ginter extended his head to Gregoritsch, who nodded off to victory.

At Hannover 96: BVB reaches the next round

With another mysterious appearance, Borussia Dortmund flattered into the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. The weak BVB won 2-0 (1-0) on Wednesday at Hannover 96, fifth in the second division, thanks to an own goal by Bright Arrey-Mbi (11th) and a penalty by Jude Bellingham (71st). In addition to the strange performance, substitute Karim Adeyemi (85th) saw the red card for an emergency brake in front of 49,000 spectators.

Following a corner, 96 striker Havard Nielsen had a huge chance to make it 1-0 in the 6th minute, but Gregor Kobel fended off his attempt in dire need. As a result, BVB presented itself in all its contradictory patterns. First, the guests took control of the game. The reward: After a fine pass from Julian Brandt, Youssoufa Moukoko got the ball, shortly afterwards Arrey-Mbi deflected his shot from a tight angle into his own goal. Then BVB actually dominated the action. Until the Terzic team withdrew again for inexplicable reasons and became extremely careless. Only two brilliant acts by Kobel against Nielsen (31st) and Maximilian Beier (32nd) prevented the equaliser. Shortly before the break, Hannover became dangerous again after a corner, Julian Börner’s header (44th) was caught by Kobel.

You hardly saw that a second division team was playing against a Champions League club. On the contrary: After half-time, Hannover even pressed for the equalizer. In the 53rd minute, another 96 striker was free in front of the BVB goal, but this time Hendrik Weydandt couldn’t process the ball from a few meters. Substitute Leo Weinkauf looked a bit unhappy at 0:1. Otherwise he was there when asked. Terzic was quickly fed up with the fact that almost nothing came from his team after the break. Above all, he would have preferred to completely rest the exhausted Bellingham. In view of the weak performance, he brought him and Hummels in the 62nd minute. And the young Englishman immediately took the initiative. Börner fouled him in his own penalty area and Bellingham converted the penalty himself. Now everything seemed under control again. Until BVB got into a counterattack that Adeyemi could only stop with an emergency brake against Köhn.

The games Paderborn against Werder Bremen and Sandhausen against Karlsruhe are penalties. Match reports will follow.

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