A fair amount of interest in the DFB-Cup 2nd round, as there were seven sellouts for the midweek clashes.
Some notable upsets, with 3rd division Bielefeld downing Hertha BSC on penalties, and 2.Liga Aalen upending Hannover. Kickers Offenbach remains a dragon slayer, as the 4th division side eliminated another 2.Liga club, this time Karlsruhe (having already disposed of Ingolstadt). MSV Duisburg came close against Köln, and 4th division Magdeburg ended 2-2 against Leverksuen, only to lose on penalties.
The big favorites, Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund had no problems in their trips to Hamburg, winning easily against their hosts.
In an eastern derby, Aue was almost home with a win, but Leipzig scored in injury time. The Rasenballsportler then proceeded to add a couple more in overtime to get the win.
So from the lower division sides, only Bielefeld, Dresden (3.Liga) and Offenbach (Regionalliga) remain.
Chemnitzer FC - Werder Bremen 0:2 (0:1) 10,161 * Arminia Bielefeld - Hertha BSC Berlin 4:2 pen 23,098 Kickers Offenbach - Karlsruher SC 1:0 (0:0) 16,106 VfR Aalen - Hannover 96 2:0 (1:0) 5,448 Dynamo Dresden - VfL Bochum 2:1 aet 28,053 * MSV Duisburg - 1. FC Köln 1:4 pen 30,600 * 1. FC Kaiserslautern - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2:0 (2:0) 23,111 FC St. Pauli - Borussia Dortmund 0:3 (0:2) 29,063 * 1. FC Magdeburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4:5 pen 23,855 * Würzburger Kickers - Eintr. Braunschweig 0:1 (0:0) 11,240 * 1860 München - SC Freiburg 2:5 (1:1) 18,100 RB Leipzig - Erzgebirge Aue 3:1 aet 28,419 Hamburger SV - Bayern München 1:3 (0:2) 57,000 * TSG Hoffenheim - FSV Frankfurt 5:1 (2:0) 11,441 VfL Wolfsburg - 1. FC Heidenheim 4:1 (2:1) 7,608 Eintracht Frankfurt - Bor. Mönchengladbach 1:2 (0:1) 46,500 Pairings for the next round: Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kickers Offenbach - Bor. Mönchengladbach Bayern München - Eintracht Braunschweig VfR Aalen - TSG Hoffenheim RasenBallsport Leipzig - VfL Wolfsburg Arminia Bielefeld - Werder Bremen SC Freiburg - 1. FC Köln Dynamo Dresden - Borussia Dortmund