VfB Stuttgart in the form low, RB Leipzig from now on without Marco Rose: In the DFB Cup, two teams meet in crisis mode. The Swabians want to go to the final with all its might.
Sebastian Hoeneß sounded deeply relaxed for a short moment. “I’m not worried”said the coach of Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart: “The boys will show a good reaction. We will play a game on Wednesday in which we show what this game means to us.”
VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Cup against RB Leipzig
This game next Wednesday (02.04.2025, from 8:45 p.m. in the audio report and in the live ticker), about which Hoeneß spoke last weekend and which has a high scope before the kick-off, will be the one in the DFB Cup against RB Leipzig. In the semi-finals in front of their own audience, the Hoeneß team against the Saxons has also been playing for the first participation in the final since 2013.
“We have a huge chance”emphasized the Stuttgart coach. His wish: bundle forces, roll up the sleeves and make the upcoming kick against Leipzig big.
Hoeneß: “We won’t let ourselves be taken”
“We won’t miss that either”said Hoeneß, “Despite the situation we have and that is unsatisfactory in the league.” Because, and the 42-year-old knows best: Inside the VfB soul, the next Wednesday is not the problem, but the past Saturday.
At Eintracht Frankfurt, the runner-up suffered the fourth defeat in the past six league games with the 0: 1, and central defender Ameen Al-Dakhil also flew off the square with a red card. The Swabians are located in a form low, in a result crisis.
Increasing at RB Leipzig: Rose Weg, Löw there
“With regard to the results that we have achieved in the past few weeks, of course we will run after our requirements”said VfB sports director Fabian Wohlgemuth. Even the Europa League threatens to miss the table at least through the league, nobody can seriously think about a renewed qualification for the Champions League at the moment. The cup competition as the last straw? The winner will start in the coming season in the group phase of the Europa League.
What the Stuttgarters could play in the cards is the imbalance at RB Leipzig. The cup winner from 2022 and 2023 also came out of step in the league and separated on Sunday – one day after the 0-1 in Mönchengladbach – from coach Marco Rose and presented Zsolt Löw as his successor. How does the change of coach affect the cup game in Stuttgart?
Hildebrand: “Not a good time for VfB”
“This is not a good time for VfB”fears ex-goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand in conversation with SWR Sport. “But honestly: it’s about Berlin. It doesn’t matter who is on the sidelines – the place has to burn.” Words that make a strikingly good thing about the announcement of the deep -relaxed Sebastian Hoeneß.
