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Duel between the last title favorites in the quarterfinals
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Duel between the last title favorites in the quarterfinals
Bayer Leverkusen suffered a difficult draw in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. The Bundesliga table leaders face rivals VfB Stuttgart in the top game at home. The two teams had already met in the league a few hours before the draw.
The draw for the quarter-finals in the DFB Cup gave Bayer Leverkusen a difficult draw. However, the Bundesliga table leaders can compete at home. Favorite terror Saarbrücken awaits Mönchengladbach. Two second division teams will reach the semi-finals.
Bayer Leverkusen suffered a difficult draw in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. The undefeated Bundesliga table leaders face rivals VfB Stuttgart in the top game at home. This was the result of the draw held in the German Football Museum in Dortmund. The two top teams had already met in the league a few hours earlier and had drawn 1-1.
U-17 world champion coach Christian Wück and his assistant Jens Nowotny drew the Bundesliga leaders and third-place teams against each other. Favorite terror Saarbrücken wants to write the next chapter of its fairy tale against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The third division team also knocked Eintracht Frankfurt out of the competition after their victory over FC Bayern in the round of 16.
“With our spectators behind us, we are waiting for everything that comes. It will be difficult for every opponent in Ludwigspark,” Saarbrücken’s sports director Jürgen Luginger had previously said. Also surprising: half of the quarter-finalists are made up of second division teams.
Second league in the cup semi-finals
Since the quartet were drawn into direct duels among themselves, it is already certain that two second division teams will advance to the semi-finals. Hertha BSC welcomes 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Fortuna Düsseldorf has to play against the undefeated second division leaders FC St. Pauli. “We would have preferred a home game,” said Düsseldorf’s sports director Sascha Rösler, “but the Millerntor at an evening game will certainly be an atmospheric setting.”
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The quarterfinals are scheduled for January 30th and 31st and February 6th and 7th. For the first time in history, the quarter-finals will be played on four different dates. The reason for this is an agreement in the TV rights contract. Three games will be shown on free-to-air television. The quarter-finalists would double their bonus of 1,724,800 euros if they made it to the next round. The final will take place on May 25th in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
The quarterfinals at a glance
1. FC Saarbrücken – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hertha BSC – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Bayer Leverkusen – VfB Stuttgart
FC St. Pauli – Fortuna Düsseldorf
2023-12-11 13:58:39
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