DFB-Pokal 2014/15

Darmstadt and Wolfsburg go to penalties! Fun

Max Grün saved 2 penalties and thus VfL Wolfsburg. This means "only" 4 BL clubs didn't make it so far. Tomorrow the HSV and Schalke have two difficult matches against Energie Cottbus and Dynamo Dresden, respectively.

Darmstadt! Nooooooo!

Well, Darmstadt 98 had a couple of chances in extra time. They have only themselves to blame that they didn't score.

Dynamo

I really thought Energie Cottbus would kick out HSV while Schalke proceed against Dynamo Dresden, but it turned out the other way round

The Pokal is fantastic and should have his own thread.

So now we have left:
13 x Bundesliga
12 x 2nd Bundesliga
4 x 3rd Liga
3 x 4th division

That means five BL sides and six 2nd BL side were eliminated by lower division opponents. Not bad ^^

That means five BL sides and six 2nd BL side were eliminated by lower division opponents. Not bad ^^

Who are these, aside schalke?

The Bundesliga teams that were eliminated in the 1st round:
- 1. FSV Mainz 05  (first victim on Friday)
- VfB Stuttgart
- FC Augsburg
- SC Paderborn 07
- FC Schalke 04 (last victim on Monday)

All results:

Spoiler:

The Bundesliga teams that were eliminated in the 1st round:
- 1. FSV Mainz 05  (first victim on Friday)
- VfB Stuttgart
- FC Augsburg
- SC Paderborn 07
- FC Schalke 04 (last victim on Monday)

Thanks rwo. Correct me if I'm wrong, out of these only the Schalke game can be considered 'upset'. Paderborn & Augsburg are pretty weak team and was perhaps well matched by their lower-league opponents. Stuttgart may have a better squad but they have been struggling for last few season and Bochum is pretty strong, right!

Also, what's your take on PEA!!! I watched (part) of the Dortmund game and he seemed like a all pace and nothing else guy.

Well, Mainz were 7th and Augsburg 8th in last year's Bundesliga table and they were playing against a 3rd Liga and 4th division side respectivlely. I would say that is quite an upset nonetheless.

Wouldn't you consider it an upset, too, if a team like Newcastle or Stoke were thrown out of the FA Cup by a 3rd/4th division side?

And Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang? Well, I think we need to watch how he plays in the upcoming BL matches. In the test matches and yesterday, he scored quite some goals. (This should better be discussed in the Bundesliga or Dortmund thread, though)

DFB-Pokal 2nd Round
It will be played on 28/29 October 2014

1. FC Magdeburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Chemnitzer FC - Werder Bremen
Arminia Bielefeld - Hertha BSC
Kickers Offenbach - Karlsruher SC
Dynamo Dresden - VfL Bochum
MSV Duisburg - 1. FC Köln
Würzburger Kickers - Eintracht Braunschweig
1860 München - SC Freiburg
Hamburger SV - Bayern München
TSG Hoffenheim - FSV Frankfurt
VfR Aalen - Hannover 96
1. FC Kaiserslautern - SpVgg Greuther Fürth
VfL Wolfsburg - 1. FC Heidenheim
RasenBallsport Leipzig - Erzgebirge Aue
FC St. Pauli - Borussia Dortmund
Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Mönchengladbach

first batch of 2nd round games in progress.

Pep's press conference ahead of the Hamburg game tomorrow:

- Benatia is banned because of a suspension from the Italian cup

- that's also why Boateng was rested on Sunday. Pep: "He is fit, but I decided to leave him out against Gladbach. Jerome has played very much recently. I didn't want to take any risks for the Hamburg game. Jerome is the best center back in the world. "

Spoiler:

Depeche Modes "Just Can't Get Enough" blasting through the Millerntor stadium

MSV Duisburg 1:4 (PSO) 1. FC Köln
Dynamo Dresden 2:1 (AET) VfL Bochum
FC St. Pauli 0:3 Borussia Dortmund
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Arminia Bielefeld 4:2 (PSO) Hertha BSC
Chemnitzer FC 0:2 Werder Bremen
Kickers Offenbach 1:0 Karlsruher SC
VfR Aalen 2:0 Hannover 96

Next two eliminated Bundesliga teams: Hertha BSC and Hannover 96

You keep telling yourself that Hans

Dynamo Dresden 2:1 (AET) VfL Bochum

Didn't they (Dresden) play in the first unified league along with Rostok???

I watched the Dortmund game and they seemed to have fielded their regular XI. Could have been an opportunity to rest some key players.

iftikhar wrote:Didn't they (Dresden) play in the first unified league along with Rostok???

Yup. And they like to kick out blue-white teams XD

iftikhar wrote:I watched the Dortmund game and they seemed to have fielded their regular XI. Could have been an opportunity to rest some key players.

You underestimate the importance of the DFB-Pokal. It is held in pretty high regard in Germany. And Bundesliga teams who get kicked out inthe first and second round are usually ridiculed pretty much. And don't think that the BL teams that are already out fielded only their second teams. The small clubs simply give their all and some more against them.

Gündogan, Pisczek and Aubameyang were rested, Reus came off after 60 minutes.
Plus, BVB NEEDED to be convincing in this game to get back into some kind of shape.

Well, considering that Ilkay Gündogan is still on the way to full recovery, it is sensible not to have him play every 3 days. Plus Dortmund was able to cope without him for more than a year without losing 4 games in a row. And when Marco Reus came off, Dortmund were already 2:0 up and he had scored his goal. ^^

By the way, after today's matches, half of the Bundesliga teams will be out after the 2nd round. XD

yesterday's results and today's fixtures

I hope Yann Sommer will keep a clean sheet against Eintracht Frankfurt

Westermann gifting us the 1:0

Müller to Lewandowski

Eintracht Frankfurt are very feisty at the moment...

Thorgan Hazard!!

Eintracht 0:1 BMG

1:0 Lewandowski assisted by Müller
2:0 Müller assisted by Lewandowski