The St. Pauli, leader of the second category of German football, gave the big surprise in the round of 16 of the German Cup by eliminating Borussia Dortmund with a 2-1 win. With Bayern already eliminated, the Dortmund he was the favorite of the competition but today he couldn’t with the modest St. Pauli.
STP
DOR
St Pauli
Smarsch; Ohlsson (Zander, 74′), Medic, Lawrence, Paqarada; Becker, Smith, Hartel; Irvine; Burgstaller (Makienok, 90′) and Amenyido (Dittgen, 75′).
Borussia Dortmund
Kobel; Meunier, Akanji (Zagadou, 76′), Hummels, Guerreiro; Brandt, Witsel (Moukoko, 90′), Bellingham; Reus, Haaland and Hazard (Malen, 65′).
goals
1-0 M. 4 Amenyido. 2-0 M. 40 Witsel (pp). 2-1 M. 58 Haaland (pen.).
Incidents
Match played at the Millerntor Stadio in front of some 2,000 people corresponding to the round of 16 of the German Cup.
The St. Pauli He went ahead very soon, in his first advance in the 4th minute, through Etienne Amenido who scored from close range after a good combination down the right wing. The plan of St. Pauli It was to look for quick advances after recovering the ball, trying to overcome the advanced pressure of Dortmund and in the first attempt the goal came.
The Dortmund then had a phase in which it seemed close to the tie. Thorgan Hazard had a great chance in the 7th minute, but lost the heads-up against the goalkeeper Dennis Smarsh. then at 18 Smarsch had two good stops in a row against Marco Reus and again before hazard and shortly after Erling Haland He finished over the goal from a good position.
However, then Dortmund seemed to lose their way and for the rest of the first half they never found their way back into the box. Haland He seemed safe and in the attempts to advance he always missed a pass in the last third. In minute 40 came the second goal of the St. Pauli, scored as his own goal by the Belgian axel witzel when trying to intercept a center of guide Burgstaller who was looking for Amenydo, which was ready to finish.
In the second part the Dortmund had little more than ten minutes of suffering, with a St. Pauli that he managed to block the way to the goal and that in minute 54 he even managed to have a good chance with a header from Burgstaller that the target Gregor Kobel deflected for a corner kick.
In ’58 the Dortmund returned to the game thanks to a penalty sanctioned by the VAR after a handball medicine within the area. Haland he took charge and scored. But then not much more came. The St. Pauli managed to neutralize most of the attempts of the Dortmund in the center of the field.
The hamburg also got into the quarterfinals, defeating on penalties the Cologne by 3-4, the karlsruher SC prevailed over him 1860 Munich by 0-1 and the Bochum he beat the Mainz by 3-1. The other round of 16 matches are played this Wednesday and are Hannover vs Borussia Monchengladbach, RB Leipzig-Hansa Rostock, Hoffenheim-Freiburg Y Hertha-Union Berlin.
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