National cup competition first round starts on Wednesday. All times in CET and of course p.m. Wednesday, 7.30: Tennis Borussia Berlin (D4) vs FC St Pauli Friday, 7.00: VfB Lübeck vs MSV Duisburg Eintracht Braunschweig vs SSV Reutlingen Jahn Regensburg (D3) vs LR Ahlen 1.FC Saarbrücken (D3) vs Waldhof Mannheim TSG Hoffenheim (D3) vs Greuther Fürth FC Schweinfurt 05 (D3) vs Union Berlin SpVgg Unterhaching (D3) vs FSV Mainz 05 Saturday, 3.30: Eintracht Trier vs 1.FC Nürnberg Wacker Burghausen vs Energie Cottbus SC Paderborn (D3) vs VfB Stuttgart Erzgebirge Aue (D3) vs VfL Bochum FC Schönberg (D4) vs Hamburger SV VfR Aalen (D3) vs Hannover 96 Concordia Ihrhove (D4) vs Borussia Dortmund Werder Bremen Ama (D3) vs Bayern Munich Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl (D4) vs Werder Bremen Bayern Munich Ama (D3) vs FC Schalke 04 Kickers Offenbach (D3) vs Karlsruher SC Hallescher FC (D4) vs SC Freiburg VfL Wolfsburg Ama (D4) vs 1.FC Köln Bahlinger SC (D4) vs Alemannia Aachen Sunday, 2.30: Holstein Kiel (D3) vs Hertha BSC Berlin Sunday, 3.00: Sportfreunde Siegen (D3) vs Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Erfurt (D3) vs Eintracht Frankfurt Sunday, 3.30: 1.FC Saarbrücken II (D4) vs Arminia Bielefeld Alemannia Aachen Ama (D4) vs TSV 1860 Munich Sunday, 5.00: USC Paloma Hamburg (D5) vs 1.FC Kaiserslautern SV Babelsberg (D3) vs Borussia Mönchengladbach FSV Salmrohr (D4) vs VfL Wolfsburg FSV Mainz Ama (D4) vs Hansa Rostock Sunday, 8.30 (ZDF live): Rot-Weiß Essen (D3) vs Bayer Leverkusen
TeBe played with a lot of heart and probable deserved to win. St. Pauli were clearly faster, stronger, and more skilled, but seemed completely unmotivated. Yang was the only bright spot that I could see. If this is how they perform against a 4th Division side, they may be seeing more of it in the next few years.
Friday results: Braunschweig vs Reutlingen 1-2 0:1 Würll (40), 1:1 Mazingu (60), 1:2 Würll (69) Hoffenheim vs Fürth 4-1 1:0 Kone (12), 1:1 Hui (18), 2:1 Teinert (51), 3:1 Ollhoff (55), 4:1 Thee (89) All four other games are in overtime.
Unterhaching vs Mainz 1:1, 4:2 (PK) 1:0 Zimmermann (42), 1:1 Babatz (87). Lübeck vs Duisburg 2:3 OT 0:1 Voss (8), 0:2 Zeyer (55.pk), 1:2 Kruppke (60), 2:2 Bärwolf (87), 2:3 Bönig (116); Bärwolf missed a pk for Lübeck (69). Saarbrücken vs Mannheim 1:1, 4:5 (PK) 1:0 Halle (5), 1:1 Zinnow (38) Schweinfurt vs Union Berlin 1:2 OT 0:1 Fiel (55), 1:1 Popovic (84), 1:2 Koilov (101)
Saturday afternoon scores: Ihrhove vs Dortmund 0-3 0:1 Heinrich (57), 0:2 Koller (82), 0:3 Addo (83) Aue vs Bochum 1-3 1:0 Broum (3), 1:1 Buckley (24), 1:2 Freier (43), 1:3 Hashemian (60) Burghausen vs Cottbus 0-2 0:1 Kaluzny (33), 0:2 Miriuta (40) Trier vs Nürnberg 0-2 0:1 Popovic (19), 0:2 Ciric (51) Paderborn vs Stuttgart 1-4 0:1 Kuranyi (51), 1:1 Gerov (68), 1:2 Amanatidis (75), 1:3 Hleb (90), 1:4 Kuranyi (90) Schönberg vs Hamburg 0-6 0:1 Wicky (6), 0:2 Romeo (46), 0:3 Wicky (55), 0:4 Albertz (74), 0:5 Christensen (79), 0:6 Romeo (88) Aalen vs Hannover 2-3 OT 1:0 Hering (8), 1:1 Linke (10), 2:1 Hering (45), 2:2 N'Kufo (83), 2:3 Gorgers (98) Eisenhüttenstadt vs Bremen 0-1 0:1 Charisteas (10) Bremen Ama vs Bayern 0-3 0:1 Elber (51), 0:2 Pizarro (64), 0:3 Ballack (65) Offenbach vs Karlsruhe 3:1 OT 0:1 Labbadia (2), 1:1 Falk (35 pk), 2:1 Kagiouzis (100), 3:1 Kagiouzis (120 pk) Wolfsbug Ama vs Köln 1:3 1:0 Kolm (32), 1:1 Kurth (36), 1:2 Sinkala (53), 1:3 Kioyo (78) Bahlingen vs Aachen 1:0 1:0 Sieah (14) Regensburg vs Ahlen 1:2 1:0 Zani (7), 1:1 Schmidt (54. own goal), 1:2 Feinbier (78) Halle vs Freiburg 1:3 0:1 Männer (2), 1:1 Lesch (15), 1:2 Zkitishvili (16), 1:3 Ramdane (43)
Last Saturday result: Bayern Munich Ama vs Schalke 1:2 0:1 Sand (14), 0:2 Mpenza (62), 1:2 Hasenhüttl (66) All 10 Bundesliga clubs who played so far are still in the competition - quite uncommon in the last years, but also expressing the growing importance of every income source. 4 surprises so far with three D3 and one D4 team defeating 2. Bundesliga clubs.
Tomorrow's games: Holstein Kiel ? - ? Hertha BSC RW Erfurt ? - ? Eintracht Frankfurt Siegen ? - ? Oberhausen Aachen (A) ? - ? Munich 1860 Saarbrucken (A) ? - ? Arminia Bielefeld Babelsberg ? - ? Monchengladbach Mainz 05 (A) ? - ? Hansa Rostock Paloma HH ? - ? Kaiserslautern Salmrohr ? - ? Wolfsburg RW Essen ? - ? Bayer Leverkusen
Sunday afternoon results: Kiel vs Hertha 1:1, 3:0 PK 1:0 Rose (44), 1:1 Preetz (47) Surprise with a better taste: before scoring the goal Rose knocked Rehmer down with an elbow-check; Rehmer had to be substituted bleeding all over the face. Saarbrücken II vs Bielefeld 0-5 0:1 Bogandovic (22), 0:2 Wichniarek (43), 0:3 Hansen (57), 0:4 Reinhardt (63), 0:5 Diabang (79), Du-Ri Cha had his first game for Bielefeld are getting the permit of the University of Korea yesterday. Aachen Ama vs 1860 Munich 0-7 0:1 Max (25), 0:2 Borimirov (53), 0:3 Max (61), 0:4 Lauth (67), 0:5 Max (68), 0:6 Max (80), 0:7 Weissenberger (89) Erfurt vs Frankfurt 2-3 OT 0:1 Guie-Mien (18), 1:1 Dzihic (51), 1:2 Jones (67), 2:2 Okic (82), 2:3 Skela (118) Siegen vs Oberhausen 0-1 OT 0:1 Radulovic (106)
Paloma Hamburg vs Kaiserslautern 0-5 0:1 Lokvenc (19), 0:2 Lokvenc (36), 0:3 Klose (54), 0:4 Basler (62), 0:5 Klose (85) What a surprise - last week Basler was so bad that he had to be substituted in the first half (kicker rating 6) and now after Brehme is fired he can play, scored one and assisted three. Sure, only against a D5 team, but if considering that he's friend and brother in law of player agent Roger Wittmann - owner of the dubious agent firm ROGON, which is extremely influential in KL - some doubts regarding his attitude last week might be allowed. Babelsberg vs Mönchengladbach 0-1 0:1 Hausweiler (34) Salmrohr vs Wolfsburg 0-2 0:1 Klimowicz (59), 0:2 Karhan (81) Mainz Ama vs Rostock 0-2 0:1 Kientz (26), 0:2 Salou (64) The proof: Rostock doesn't care about the opponent - they are simply winning all games 2-0 (I only hope that Leverkusen ends this streak in 10 days) Last game starting in a quarter hour: Essen vs Leverkusen Qualified for the 2nd round are: 16 Bundesliga teams (+Leverkusen?) 10 2.Bundesliga teams 4 Regionalliga teams (+Essen?) 1 Oberliga team