DFB Cup, 1st round: Union Berlin needs extra time against KSC

After Hertha BSC went bankrupt in the first round in the DFB Cup, no other Bundesliga clubs were exposed in “David versus Goliath” duels. Led by RB Leipzig and Borussia Mönchengladbach, eight first division teams moved into the second round (December 22nd / 23rd) on Saturday. Hertha’s local rivals Union Berlin, however, avoided embarrassment with a 1: 0 (0: 0) after extra time at second division Karlsruher SC.

In addition to Union and the Champions League participants Leipzig and Gladbach, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FC Cologne, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Augsburg and Werder Bremen also achieved successful dress rehearsals for the Bundesliga start next weekend. In contrast, second division Erzgebirge Aue unexpectedly dropped 0: 2 (0: 1) at regional division SSV Ulm. Aue’s league rivals VfL Bochum, VfL Osnabrück, SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Fortuna Düsseldorf successfully mastered their first round tasks against amateur clubs.

On the day after Hertha’s 4-5 disgrace at second division promoted Eintracht Braunschweig, Leipzig prevailed against second-rate old champions 1. FC Nürnberg 3-0 (1-0). Gladbach meanwhile walked through an 8-0 (5-0) against fifth division FC Oberneuland just as safely into the round of the best 32 as Cologne through a 6-0 (3-0) against regional division VSG Altglienicke and Augsburg 7-0 (2: 0) against top division club Eintracht Celle.

Wolfsburg asserted themselves a little more laboriously with a 4: 1 (2: 1) against fourth division Union Fürstenwalde and Frankfurt in a 2: 1 (0: 0) at third division 1860 Munich.

Union narrowly escaped the same fate as its big neighbor Hertha. In Karlsruhe, Nico Schlotterbeck saved the Köpenicker from penalties only two minutes before the end of extra time.

Amadou Haidara (3rd), Yussuf Poulsen (67th) and Hee-Chan Hwang (90th) met Leipzig a good four weeks after the semi-final at the Champions League final tournament in Lisbon.

In Mönchengladbach, the double scorers Patrick Herrmann (13th and 14th) and Florian Neuhaus (52nd and 84th) as well as Jonas Hofmann (19th), Ramy Bensebaini (24th), Nico Elvedi (35th) and Ibrahima Traore (76th) the cup gallop for the Rhinelander befitting a better training game.

FSV Mainz 05 was the first Bundesliga team to reach the second round on Friday with a 5-1 win at regional division TSV Havelse. As first division club number nine, Werder Bremen laboriously won 2-0 (0-0) against third division relegated Carl Zeiss Jena on Saturday evening. Josh Sargent (48th) and Tahith Chong (88th) scored the decisive goals.

The Sunday appearance of the former cup winner Schalke 04 was canceled due to a lawsuit by third division Türkgücü Munich against the starting eligibility of the original Knappen opponent 1. FC Schweinfurt 05. The duel between Waldhof Mannheim and SC Freiburg will take place. After two corona cases in the third division club, the Mannheim health department gave the green light for the game late on Saturday evening.

Borussia Dortmund from the German Champions League quartet will have to show their colors at third-rate rivals MSV Duisburg on Monday evening. The first round match of triple winner Bayern Munich will not take place until October 15th.

DFB-Pokal, 1st round: The results on Saturday

1. FC Nürnberg – RB Leipzig 0:3 (0:1)

SV Todesfelde – VfL Osnabrück 0: 1 (0: 0)

1860 Munich – Eintracht Frankfurt 1: 2 (0: 0)

• Tore: 0: 1 Silva (51.), 0: 2 Dost (56.), 1: 2 Steinhart (79./FE)

MTV Eintracht Celle – FC Augsburg 0: 7 (0: 2)

• Tore: 0: 1 Vargas (20th), 0: 2 Caligiuri (29th), 0: 3 Finnbogason (47./FE), 0: 4 Niederlechner (57th), 0: 5 Hahn (66th), 0: 6 Jensen (88th), 0: 7 Jensen (90th)

Fv Engers – VfL Bochum 0: 3 (0: 1)

• Tore: 0: 1 Zulj (23rd), 0: 2 Zoller (52nd), 0: 3 Pantovic (65.)

FSV Union Fürstenwalde – VfL Wolfsburg 1: 4 (1: 2)

• Tore: 1: 0 Geurts (9./FE), 1: 1 Victor (24.), 1: 2 Victor (29.), 1: 3 Gerhardt (60.), 1: 4 Guilavogui (78)

FC Oberneuland – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0: 8 (0: 5)

• Tore: 0: 1 Herrmann (13th), 0: 2 Herrmann (14th), 0: 3 Hofmann (19th), 0: 4 Bensebaini (24th), 0: 5 Elvedi (35th), 0: 6 Neuhaus ( 52nd), 0: 7 Traore (77th), 0: 8 Neuhaus (84th)

VSG Altglienicke – 1. FC Cologne 0: 6 (0: 3)

• Tore: 0: 1 Hector (17./FE), 0: 2 Rexhbecaj (36.), 0: 3 Czichos (43.), 0: 4 Rexhbecaj (63.), 0: 5 Özca (68.), 0: 6 Drexler (86.)

RSV Meinerzhagen – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1: 6 nV (1: 1, 0: 0)

• Tore: 1: 0 Wurm (50.), 1: 1 Ernst (71.), 1: 2 Green (98.), 1: 3 Meyerhöfer (103.), 1: 4 Meyerhöfer (105.), 1: 5 (Abiama (113.), Abiama (118.)

FC Ingolstadt – Fortuna Düsseldorf 0: 1 (0: 0)

Karlsruher SC – Union Berlin 0: 1 nV (0: 0, 0: 0)

• Tor: 0: 1 Schlotterbeck (118.)

SSV Ulm – Erzgebirge Aue 2: 0 (1: 0)

• Tor: 1-0 Rühle (37th), 2-0 Higl (89th)

Carl Zeiss Jena – Werder Bremen 0: 2 (0: 0)

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