Fortuna Düsseldorf is the first semi-finalist in the German Football Cup. In a duel between two second division teams, the guests in Hamburg prevailed 4-3 on penalties against league table leaders St. Pauli, who had been defeated for the first time this year. Carlo Boukhalfa brought Hamburg into a penalty shootout with his goal to make it 2-2 in the 121st minute. There Christos Tzolis scored the decisive attempt in Panenka style.
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New signing Marlon Mustapha was not used for the winners, as was David Nemeth for the losers. The other quarter-final pairings are Hertha – Kaiserslautern, Leverkusen – Stuttgart and Saarbrücken – Mönchengladbach.
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