Hammer lots for HSV and St. Pauli |
Bye, DFB Cup…!?
Geez! The Hamburg second division teams in the DFB Cup could hardly have had it worse. In the second round (October 18/19), HSV will face defending champions RB Leipzig. St. Pauli has to go to the current Bundesliga leader SC Freiburg.
Bye, DFB Cup…!?
► In April 2019, HSV failed in the semifinals at RB Leipzig (1: 3), now the new edition – and that away. In the first round, Leipzig defeated regional league club Teutonia 8-0.
Coach Tim Walter (46): “We need games and challenges like this to get better and to continue on our way. We want to survive and win there too.”
► The game in Freiburg will be a reunion party for St. Pauli. Sports boss Andreas Bornemann (50) once worked there. Most recently, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (26) switched to SCF.
Coach Timo Schultz (45): “We’re looking forward to seeing Kofi and my former team-mate Florian Bruns, who works on the coaching team in Freiburg. We are the clear outsider.”
► Cheers, however, at fourth division VfB Lübeck. Against Mainz 05 came the surprise in 2009/10 when they defeated the Bundesliga club 2-1 aet.
Coach Lukas Pfeiffer (31): “We’re looking forward to Mainz 05. The club has very positive associations, because we’ve had them in the DFB Cup at the Lohmühle – and we’ve also played very successfully…”
