Spectacle in DFB Pokal with Vincent Vermeij and Jordy de Wijs: red for coach, goal in injury time extra time and penalties | Foreign football

The match took some time to get going, but the supporters in Hamburg eventually got what they hoped for: a spectacle. The match between St. Pauli and Fortuna Düsseldorf, both outcomes in the Second Bundesliga, contained all the ingredients that make cup football so beautiful: penalties, a red card, a goal deep in injury time and a penalty shootout.

The highlight of the first half was a penalty for Fortuna Düsseldorf. The cup keeper floored Vermeij, thinking he could get away with it, because the assistant referee ruled it offside. The video referee reversed the decision and gave Fortuna Düsseldorf a penalty, which Vermeij (former player of Heracles Almelo and De Graafschap) used flawlessly: 0-1.

That also happened on the other side after an hour of play. St. Pauli captain Marcel Hartel scored from the spot: 1-1. Supporters who hoped for a fiery ending seemed to be coming home from a rude awakening, but then extra time arrived. In the meantime, Vermeij (after 68 minutes) and De Wijs (former PSV player, during extra time) had been substituted. The Japanese Ao Tanaka made it 1-2 after a blunder by the cup keeper.

Fortuna Düsseldorf thought the outside was in, but in the final phase of the second half of extra time things went wrong. First there was a red card for St. Pauli coach Fabian Hurzeler for commenting on the lead (second yellow), after which Carlo Boukhalfa made it 2-2.

So penalties. At St. Pauli, Maurides and captain Hartel missed, who had scored earlier. At St. Pauli, Christoph Daferner failed. And so Vermeij and De Wijs can continue to dream of the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where the final will be played.