Hannover boys face Bayern in Munich--SC is questionable with his toe injury, CC, who knows. Berhalter/Cottbus host Kaiserlautern. GB should start. Gibbs/Pauli host Bremen. CG starts. Sanneh/N'Berg visit Kickers Offenbach. TS should start.
Update time. At the half, Hannover and Bayern are scoreless. SC out, Casey not in yet. First half, Pauli down 1-0 to Bremen. Gibbs playing. Cottbus and K'lautern scoreless in the first half. Berhalter playing. N'Berg down 2-0 in the first half to Third Division Kickers. Sanneh not playing. Two goals in the first twelve minutes.
N'Berg get one back, 2-1 47'. Hannover get a late PK, N'Kufo puts it away, too little, too late. FT, 2-1.
Cup ratings: Gibbs 3.5; Berhalter 5. Casey lost his spot on the bench to Blaise N’Kufo. For Saturday Sanneh (flu) is expected back, while there’s still a question mark behind Cherundolo. Right, Aris, Sanneh is the only one left in the round of the last 16.
Any word on why Berhalter was subbed out so early? Watching the highlights on ZDF I didn't even think he was playing, only saw it in the newspaper this morning. Did he stink? Was he injurned?
He was subbed at halftime. Don't know why. As Topic and Rink were already out with injuries at that time, it would have been risky to change for performance reasons, but I am afraid that this indeed was the reason.