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Eintracht opponents hope for a windfall

1. FC Saarbrücken could massively improve its financial situation with another coup in the DFB Cup. “If we win against Frankfurt, that would be a third of our planned budget for this season,” said press spokesman Peter Müller on Monday to the dpa. If they win the round of 16 against Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday (6 p.m.), the third division club will receive a bonus of a good 1.7 million euros. There is also the spectator revenue: 40 percent of this goes to the home and visiting teams, and 20 percent goes to the DFB. On November 1st, 16,000 spectators saw Saarbrücken bring record cup winners FC Bayern Munich to their knees 2-1. If they had won against Frankfurt, the traditional club, once a founding member of the Bundesliga, would have earned a total of over three million euros in this round. According to the club, this gives the club the option to strengthen the team and invest in sustainable development.