DFB-Pokal: Achtelfinale

Mar 3-4

The DFB-Cup was once again on, and it pretty much went as expected. The only upset was in Bielefeld.
The sensation was 3.Liga Arminia stunning Werder Bremen. And it wasn’t undeserved, as Bielefeld largely outplayed the Bundesliga side. It also means that Arminia is the only non-Bundesliga side in the quarterfinals.

Cupholders Bayern München had no problems with Braunschweig. The most interesting part was that the Allianz-Arena was sold out.

Gladbach didn’t have too many problems at Offenbach. The 4th division side held out well against the Bundesliga side, but the visitors weren’t too motivated. They did just enough to win.

Bundesliga runner-up Wolfsburg only did the necessary at Leipzig, as they easily brushed aside the Rasenbulls. The VWs were control throughout, leaving only a large crowd as the achievement for the RedBallsport.

Dortmund had a hard time breaking down Dresden’s wall, but the Neons eventually broke through for the win. The main story is however that Marco Reus had to be carted off after only 24 minutes, as he got wacked in the knee.

Freiburg met 1.FC Köln in the only clash of Bundesliga sides. But it was perhaps also the least interesting match. The Breisgauers had the match firmly in grip and coasted against a lame Köln side.

It took a while, but Leverkusen broke down Kaiserslautern in overtime to advance.

Aalen gave a good account of themselves, fighting hard. But Hoffenheim was clearly teh better side technically, and eventually was able to turn their advantage into a win.

Kickers Offenbach   - 	Bor. M'Gladbach       0:2 (0:0)   20,500 *

                   0:1  M. Kruse (52., Hand penalty)
                   0:2  Herrmann (83., Kramer)

FC Bayern München   - 	Eintr Braunschweig    2:0 (1:0)   75,000 *

                   1:0  Alaba (45. + 1, direct freekick)
                   2:0  M. Götze (57., Robben)
 
Arminia Bielefeld   - 	Werder Bremen 	      3:1 (1:0)   26,601 *

                   1:0  Junglas (32., Schütz)
                   2:0  Schuppan (57., Dick)
                   2:1  Fritz (76.)
                   3:1  Junglas (84., Ulm)

RasenB. Leipzig     - 	VfL Wolfsburg 	      0:2 (0:1)   43,348

                   0:1  D. Caligiuri (20., De Bruyne)
                   0:2  Klose (57., K. Schäfer)

Dynamo Dresden 	    - 	Bor. Dortmund         0:2 (0:0)   30,503 *

                   0:1  Immobile (50.)
                   0:2  Immobile (90., Blaszczykowski)

SC Freiburg         - 	1.FC Köln 	      2:1 (2:0)   18,800

                   1:0  Ujah (17., own goal, Schmid)
                   2:0  Darida (19., Philipp)
                   2:1  Deyverson (89.)

Bayer Leverkusen    - 	1.FC Kaiserslautern   2:0 aet     26,000

                   1:0  Calhanoglu (102.)
                   2:0  Kießling (114.)

VfR Aalen 	    - 	TSG Hoffenheim 	      0:2 (0:1)    8,252

                   0:1  Polanski (16., Volland)
                   0:2  Volland (56., Schipplock)

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