This could also be a semi-finals or final: Champions FC Bayern Munich must go in the second round of the DFB-Cup Vice-champion RB Leipzig. And there are a further three Bundesliga games.
What a way to go! Record Cup winners FC Bayern must compete in the second main round of the DFB-Cup at RB Leipzig. Thus, the master and the Vice-champion of the last season, meet early on each other. The draw revealed on Sunday in the football Museum in Dortmund. In Munich, one was satisfied: “The anticipation is huge. It is certainly not a simple game in Leipzig, but we will prepare well and want to be successful,” said David Alaba. In the Cup, the Munich-based met never been to Leipzig. So far there have been only two games that could win the FCB in the previous year in the League (3:0 and 5:4).
Third-tier 1. FC Magdeburg, who had the League in the first round FC Augsburg 2:0 defeated, looking forward to European Cup winners Borussia Dortmund. “This is sure to be a opponent, all of your choice. The atmosphere is sensational. We are really excited, but it is of course very difficult,” commented Magdeburg Coach Jens Härtel.
Regional League 1. FC Schweinfurt, Germany, receives this year’s finalists Eintracht Frankfurt, as the draw revealed by comedian Carolin Kebekus and under-21 coach Stefan Kuntz. Third-tier SV Wehen-Wiesbaden welcomes FC Schalke 04, a Derby between VfL Wolfsburg and Hannover 96.
Other Bundesliga duels between Hertha BSC and 1. FC Cologne and Werder Bremen and 1899 Hoffenheim. The second round is on the 24. and 25. October. The final will take place on 19. May 2018 in Berlin.
All of the encounters (according to the leagues sorted) Overview:
BUNDESLIGA – BUNDESLIGA
Hertha BSC – 1. FC Köln
Werder Bremen – 1899 Hoffenheim
RB Leipzig – Bayern Munich
VfL Wolfsburg – Hannover 96
BUNDESLIGA – 2. BUNDESLIGA
Fortuna Düsseldorf – Borussia Mönchengladbach
FSV Mainz 05 – Holstein Kiel
Bayer Leverkusen – Union Berlin
1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfB Stuttgart
SC Freiburg – Dynamo Dresden
BUNDESLIGA – 3. LEAGUE
1. FC Magdeburg – Borussia Dortmund
Wehen Wiesbaden – FC Schalke 04
BUNDESLIGA – 4. LEAGUE (Regionalliga)
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 – Eintracht Frankfurt
2. BUNDESLIGA – 2. BUNDESLIGA
SpVgg Greuther Fürth – FC Ingolstadt
Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Heidenheim
2. BUNDESLIGA – 3. LEAGUE
VfL Osnabrück – 1. FC Nürnberg
SC Paderborn – VfL Bochum
to/sw (sid, dpa)