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20:50
The first little excitement of the game. Niakhaté quickly executes a free kick near the halfway line, allowing Pantović, just yards away, to save the ball. Niakhaté complains, but Dr. Felix Brych lets it continue. Bochum is in possession of the ball and Niakhaté pulls the foul straight away. There was a bit of frustration involved. but the foul wasn’t evil.
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20:47
Mainz has the first offensive action. Widmer throws a throw-in into the penalty area from the right. But the ball lands on the head of an opponent who heads back to his goalkeeper.
20:45
Losilla wins the seat selection for VfL. Bochum will toast. The teams are ready. It’s starting soon.
20:22
Jeremiah St. Juste, who only made his comeback at the weekend after months of injury, is not in the squad for Mainz today. He is replaced in the back three by Robin Hack. In addition to this change, Bo Svensson also changes two other players in his starting line-up. Anderson Lucoqui starts at left-back for Aarón Martín. In addition, Jonathan Burkardt gets a break and is replaced by Kevin Stöger.
20:20
Regarding today’s staff: either Bochum coach Thomas Reis was not at all satisfied with his team’s performance on Saturday or he is resting a few players today. Because Reis exchanges five players in his starting line-up. Danilo Soares will start back left in place of Kostas Stafylidis. Eduard Löwen also takes a seat on the bench today. Patrick Osterhage starts in central midfield for him. In addition, the entire offensive row of three in the person of Christopher Antwi-Adjei, Takuma Asano and Sebastian Polter are only substitutes today. Instead, Elvis Rexhbecaj, Gerrit Holtmann and Jürgen Locadia start.
20:12
In the DFB Cup, the two clubs are also connected through their recent past. Last season, Mainz and Bochum met in the second round. At that time, Robert Tesche only scored the 2:2 equalizer in the 94th minute and saved his team in extra time. There goalkeeper Manuel Riemann saw the red card after a few minutes. Nevertheless, VfL made it to the penalty shoot-out, where the 05er missed three out of three penalties. Bochum stayed cool and won the 911 thriller 3-0. In the round of 16, a 0:4 against Leipzig was the end of the line.
20:10
Bochum against Mainz… something is ringing. The two teams only played against each other in the Bundesliga on Saturday. At Mainzer Bruchweg, the hosts had the better end for themselves. Bo Svensson’s team defeated the promoted team 1-0. However, VfL was by no means without a chance. Top scorer Sebastian Polter missed the chance to take a 1-0 lead with a penalty kick in the first half. In the end, a goal from Jeremiah St. Juste decided the game.
20:09
Hello and welcome to the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. Today at 8:45 p.m., VfL Bochum hosts 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Ruhr Stadium.
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