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Hansi Flick explains Pavard’s training injury
FC Bayern has started team training to prepare for the knockout games in the Champions League. Benjamin Pavard was injured in the process. Trainer Hansi Flick explains the situation.
This draw for the first round of the DFB Cup was different. Of the 64 participants for the start, 23 have not yet been decided. So there are still four opponents for FC Bayern – including a well-known name.
Dhe first Bayern opponent in the new DFB Cup competition could be called Alemannia Aachen, but also 1. FC Düren, Viktoria Arnoldsweiler or FC Pesch – all that is clear for the Cup defender from Munich is that he will start with the cup winner of football Verband Mittelrhein must compete. In the draw with many unknowns, the record winner on Sunday, as a result of the corona pandemic, only experienced the rough direction for his task in the first round from September 11 to 14.
23 placeholders were among the 64 lottery balls in the ARD “Sports Show” studio in Cologne, because the cup winners still have to be played out in almost all regional associations. “That is why we decided so early that amateur clubs could prepare for the hygiene stories. We have to name the stadiums, there are a lot of inconsistencies this year, ”said DFB President Fritz Keller after the Deputy General Secretary Heike Ullrich was able to draw at least some specific games.
So Borussia Dortmund has to compete with the third division club MSV Duisburg for a west derby. Second division club 1. FC Nürnberg, who had avoided relegation at the last minute, is expecting Champions League participant RB Leipzig. Bayer Leverkusen, who defeated Bayern 2: 4 in the final in the empty Berlin Olympic Stadium three weeks ago, must travel to the Hamburg Cup winner.
Final scheduled this time on a Thursday
From Keller’s point of view, the fact that over 90 clubs still have the chance to compete can be a different point of tension compared to the usual procedure.
The state cup finals are scheduled to be played on August 22nd as part of the “Final Day for Amateurs”, although even the finals are often not yet certain. In Saxony-Anhalt, on the other hand, the trophy was finally canceled and 1. FC Magdeburg was chosen as a DFB trophy participant. From Bayern, which has two starting places, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 is also likely to be there.
By mid-August, all amateur clubs that are eligible to participate in the first round must determine a home venue and present a hygiene concept coordinated with the responsible authorities. Then the exact schedule should be published as soon as possible.
The second round will take place on 22./23. December, the round of 16 on February 2nd and 3rd, 2021 and the quarterfinals on March 2nd and 3rd. The semi-finals are scheduled to take place on the first weekend in May; the final in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium is not planned for a Saturday evening, but for Thursday, May 13 (Ascension Day).
DFB Cup draw, 1st round
11.09. – 14.09.2020
- 1. FC Nürnberg – RB Leipzig
- Death field / Lübeck – VfL Osnabrück
- Lower Saxony cup winner – FSV Mainz 05
- Association cup winner Saxony – 1899 Hoffenheim
- Association cup winner Bavaria – Eintracht Frankfurt
- Association cup winner Thuringia – Werder Bremen
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden – 1. FC Heidenheim
- Association cup winner Middle Rhine – Bayern Munich
- Association cup winner Lower Saxony-2 – FC Augsburg
- Association cup winner Südbaden – Holstein Kiel
- Eintracht Braunschweig – Hertha BSC
- Association cup winner Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – VfB Stuttgart
- MSV Duisburg – Borussia Dortmund
- Association cup winner Hessen – SV Sandhausen
- Association cup winner Württemberg – Erzgebirge Aue
- Dynamo Dresden – Hamburger SV
- Association cup winner Rhineland – VfL Bochum
- Association cup winner Baden – SC Freiburg
- Association cup winner Brandenburg – VfL Wolfsburg
- Association cup winner Bremen – Bor. Mönchengladbach
- Association cup winner Saarland – FC St. Pauli
- Association cup winner Hamburg – Bayer Leverkusen
- Würzburger Kickers – Hanover 96
- Qualificant 2 Westphalia – SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- Cup winner Southwest – Jahn Regensburg
- Association cup winner Berlin – 1. FC Köln
- Cup winner Lower Rhine – Arminia Bielefeld
- Qualified Bayern – FC Schalke 04
- FC Ingolstadt 04 – Fortuna Dusseldorf
- Karlsruher SC – 1. FC Union Berlin
- 1.FC Magdeburg – Darmstadt 98
- Qualified 1 Westphalia – SC Paderborn 07
Other dates:
- Round 2: December 22 – December 23, 2020
- Round of 16: February 02 – February 03, 2021
- Quarter-finals: March 02 – March 03, 2021
- Halffinals: 01. May – 02. May 2021
- Final: 13. Never 2021 in Berlin
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