The immensely disappointed and also helpless captain of Borussia Mönchengladbach summed up the DFB Cup competition this season.
“This year there’s a really big chance of winning the cup,” said Lars Stindl – not without adding: “And then we’ll play a game like that”.
Gladbach out against Hannover 96, who moved into the quarter-finals as the fourth second division team. Hertha is out too, again nothing with the final at home for the pros. The fact that city rivals Union destroyed hopes on Wednesday evening in the final venue at the Olympic Stadium makes it even more painful. On the other hand, in addition to the Köpenickers, RB Leipzig, last year’s finalist with the final longing, and also SC Freiburg.
oh my HaHohe: Just imagine, on May 21st, in a possibly sold-out Berlin Olympic Stadium, a Berlin Bundesliga club wins the DFB Cup – and it’s called 1. FC Union. In 2001, the Irons were in the final, back then as a regional league team. 21 years later, the club from Köpenick is a seasoned Bundesliga club – and number one in Berlin.
“It’s hard to say right after the game who’s number one and number two,” said Hertha’s professional Maximilian Mittelstädt. Everyone was just extremely disappointed – everyone at Hertha. Because after the 0: 2 in the league at Union, the Hertha team conceded a 2: 3 at home in the cup. The fact that the Irons are fifth in the league with nine points more also speaks for the club from Berlin-Köpenick.
Next, please: The record winner FC Bayern has been gone for a long time. The defending champions Borussia have been out since Tuesday. And the record winner-victor has now caught it too. And how! “Obviously, the win against Bayern is no longer of any value to us,” admitted Gladbach coach Adi Hütter. In the second round, they demolished FC Bayern 5-0 in a memorable game.
Now it was 0: 3 at the second division Hannover 96. Only twelfth in the Bundesliga, eliminated in the cup. When asked if he was afraid of losing his job, Hütter, who was brought in from Eintracht Frankfurt for 7.5 million euros, answered with a clear “no”. But Hütter also knows: “If you retire like we did, there will always be discussions.”
Profiteer I? RB Leipzig has one goal above all: the DFB Cup final and finally winning it on the third try. Last year’s finalist knew that the 2-0 win over Hansa Rostock wasn’t one of the highlights. But it doesn’t matter. “We’ve seen that big teams can lose to small ones.
Even before the season started, our goal was to win something this year. And we’re going for it,” said goalscorer Yussuf Poulsen.
Profiteer II? SC Freiburg is not only doing well in the league. The table sixth of coach Christian Streich is now also in the cup among the top eight teams. 4: 1 against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, who in turn had to suffer the next setback after the league defeat at Union last weekend.
No jubilation after Hoffenheim’s 50th cup game. But great joy for the people of Breisgau. “The cup is the easiest thing for us to win a title,” emphasized Lucas Höler. “The dream is huge,” said double goalscorer Vincenzo Grifo.
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