Borussia Mönchengladbach has also tortured herself in the second round with a lot of trouble. At the fifth-class top division Atlas Delmenhorst, the eleven from the Lower Rhine won 3: 2 (2: 2), but showed many weaknesses a week before the league start against Hamburger SV. In front of 14,300 spectators in the sold-out Marschweg Stadium in Oldenburg, Robin Hack was a match winner for the Gladbacher with two goals.
The Borussia showed weaknesses on the defensive against the fifth division from the start. Newcomer Kevin Diks played for the Ko ItaKura in central defense, which was switched to Ajax Amsterdam, but the coordination with his new colleagues did not fit at all in the first competitive game of the season. To make matters worse, Diks also had to be replaced injured at the break.
Hack put the five -time German champion twice in the lead (20th, 38th minute), Steffen Rohwedder (32nd) and Linus Urban (40th) each equalized. Gladbach got numerous good chances, but overall the team of Gerardo Seoane missed the necessary consequence in the end and in the duels. In this way, the clear outsider won a deserved draw during the break.
After the change of sides, the Borussia continued to deal with its own chances too carelessly. Rocco Reitz only hit the post (50th), but then Elvedi brought the big favorites back into the lead (68th). The forces now faded at the fifth league team. Nevertheless, the first division team had to tremble to the end because after the 3-2 he did not consistently go to the fourth goal.
Second division team 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hasen has fulfilled his mandatory task without any problems. In the first round, the team of head coach Torsten Lieberknecht defeated the Cup -Bütante RSV Eintracht, a league team from Brandenburg, clearly 7-0 (4: 0).
In the Karl Liebknecht Stadium of Potsdam, to which the RSV had to dodge, Fabian Kunze (11th) brought the finalist from 2024 on course. New signing Mahir Emreli (15th) and Ji-Sso Kim (24th) quickly caused peace with their goals. The other goals scored Daniel Hanslik (34th), the strong captain Marlon Ritter (48.), Tobias Raschl (71.) and Richmond Tachie (90.+1).