On Sunday the draw for the round of 16 of the DFB Cup was on the agenda. VfL Bochum has to go to RB Leipzig. It couldn’t have been much more difficult for VfL.
The VfL Bochum achieved through a dramatic win on penalties at Mainz 05 the last sixteen in DFB-Pokal. But the losfee Sven Hannawald did not mean it well with the second division. Because now it’s the Bundesliga championship contender RB Leipzig.
The coach couldn’t have made the task much more difficult Thomas Reis: “We take it as it comes. We were happy to be in the raffle at all. Now we have an opponent who is playing a great season. An opponent who can contest Bayern for the title. It will be one big challenge, we would have liked to have had a home game. Especially because it is an English week and we have to travel again. We would certainly have liked to have had another lot, but it is not a request concert. We are still there and will try to to make it as difficult as possible for Leipzig. “
Bochum’s captain Anthony Losilla added: “It’s not the easiest lot. Leipzig has the best team in Germany after Bayern. But a game is a game. We can only win.”
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VfL offensive player Gerrit Holtmann sees it very pragmatically: “Unfortunately, not a home game. If you want to go far in the DFB Cup, you have to beat the best opponents. And now it’s Leipzig.”
The round of 16 matches will be played on February 2nd and 3rd. gp / cb–
The games in the round of 16 in the DFB Cup at a glance
Rot-Weiss Essen – Winner from Bayer Leverkusen / Eintracht Frankfurt
VfL Wolfsburg – Schalke 04
Winner Holstein Kiel / Bayern Munich – Darmstadt 98
Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Cologne
VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Werder Bremen – Greuther Fürth
RB Leipzig – VfL Bochum
BVB – SC Paderborn
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