FC Schalke 04 can still win. The Gelsenkirchen team, who have been without a win in 29 Bundesliga games, made it into the round of 16 of the DFB Cup on Tuesday evening with a 3-1 (1-0) win against the regional division SSV Ulm. RB Leipzig also made it into the round of the best 16 teams with a 3-0 (1-0) win at league rivals FC Augsburg. Borussia Dortmund won 2-0 (1-0) against Eintracht Braunschweig.
Borussia Mönchengladbach had no problems with an easy 5-0 (3-0) at fourth division club SV Elversberg. And 1. FC Köln also managed to advance with a 1-0 (1-0) win against VfL Osnabrück. SV Darmstadt 98 ended the hopes of third division leaders Dynamo Dresden with a 3-0 (1-0) score.
On the other hand, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim failed, losing 6: 7 (2: 2, 2: 2, 1: 1) against second division Greuther Fürth in the crime thriller with 18 penalties. Sebastian Ernst (21st minute) and Marco Meyerhöfer (46th) scored the outsider’s goals in regular time. Paul Seguin could have made the decision from the penalty spot (90 + 4), but missed. For TSG, despite goals from Andrej Kramaric (13th) and Kevin Akpoguma (49th), it put a bit of a damper on the short Christmas break because Fürth still had better nerves in the end.
For Schalke, who, like in the disappointing 1-0 defeat of Arminia Bielefeld in the league, were again taken care of by interim coach Huub Stevens, international Suat Serdar set the course with his opening goal in the 27th minute. The Royal Blues did not perform well again, but with Benito Raman’s brace in the 51st and 63rd minutes the preliminary decision had been made. Ulms Johannes Reichert scored the deserved consolation goal with a penalty margin (82nd).
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In Augsburg, the guests got off to a strong start and took an early lead through Willi Orban’s header (11th). Even after that, the Leipzig team was the better team for a long time, Yussuf Poulsen (75th) and Angelino (82nd) made everything clear.
An early goal by Mats Hummels (12th) and a goal by Jadon Sancho in stoppage time were enough for BVB to win the lackluster victory in Braunschweig. Cologne are also in the round of 16. Anthony Modeste’s goal (45 + 1) was enough for the home side against the brave second division club from Osnabrück. The Gladbachers didn’t let anything burn, who were already clearly leading in Elversberg at the break.
Cologne are also in the round of 16. Anthony Modeste’s goal (45 + 1) was enough for the home side against the brave second division club from Osnabrück.
The cup round of 16 will be played on February 2nd and 3rd. The draw for the next round will take place on January 3rd as part of the ARD “Sportschau”. (dpa)
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