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DFB Cup, football – round of 16, December 5th, 2023
6:00 p.m
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5:36 p.m
1. FC Nürnberg also needs a turnaround after the two major defeats, and reaching the cup quarter-finals could bring in a tidy sum for the financially strapped club. So today there is a double incentive for the Franconians to overturn the goat. Especially when playing with the ball, the club must increasingly be able to get into the offensive third and develop a move towards the goal via the wings. The recently weak Kanji Okunuki is always good for moments of surprise – he could be the key today.
5:25 p.m
After a recent downward trend, 1. FC Kaiserslautern fired coach Dirk Schuster and began looking for a successor. The day before yesterday the club introduced Dimitrios Grammozis, who had already coached at Darmstadt and Schalke. He should now provide a breath of fresh air and lead the club back into the top half of the table. In addition to the coach, striker Ragnar Ache, who scored an impressive six times in the first ten games, but was recently sidelined due to a torn ligament, also gives hope for a turnaround. Now the center forward is back in the squad for the first time.
5:12 p.m
It smells like a lot of tradition in the Fritz Walter Stadium in Kaiserlautern. While FCK has four championships and two cup victories in its history, the club can boast nine championship titles and four cup victories. Both teams are currently in the gray midfield of the 2nd Bundesliga and are in a dip in form. Lauern has now lost four league duels in a row and recently fired the coach, Nuremberg let themselves be shot down in the last two games and lost 1:4 and 0:5.
Hello and welcome to the game between 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Nürnberg! The DFB Cup round of 16 game will take place at 6 p.m. on the Betzenberg in Kaiserslautern.