DFB-Pokal

Dortmund and Bremen in the semi-finals

Surprise in Leverkusen, damper for Stuttgart: The first Viertelfinalspiele in the DFB Cup have a lot to offer. With Bayer Leverkusen fails the favorite. Dortmund is the third Time in a row in the semi-finals.

What a season opener in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup! It went torreich there were penalties and players sent off and in the end secured Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund Tickets for the semi-finals. For Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart was the round of the last Eight of the Cup. Werder won with 3:1 (2:1) in Leverkusen and Dortmund sat with 3:1 (2:1) in Stuttgart.

For Dortmund, it was a Start to measure: Marco Reus made early for the 1:0-lead (5. Minute) – and this largely without the support of their own Fans, due to the high ticket prices in Stuttgart first the fan block boycotted, and then hundreds of colorful tennis balls on the lawn threw. The BVB dominated from then on, the game. But under new coach Jürgen Kramny new wave of VfB Stuttgart resigned to the not and came by a abgefälschten shot by Lukas Rupp to compensate (21.). Heavy rain, and, accordingly, low ground that gave both Teams nothing, and fought an aggressive battle. Dortmund had this Happened, however, largely in the grip and thus lap Top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang his BVB back in Front (31.), again it was Reus with his Pass crucial part.

Champions League results against old love

For the Newly-Stuttgart Kevin Champions League results, it was the first Encounter with his “old love BVB. The native of Dortmund sought after half time the more he has struggled and fought and tried everything, but the Borussia at the end was a number too big for the VfB, after all, the best Rückrundenmannschaft the League. The final set Henrikh Mkhitaryan with his goal after a counter attack (90.). The Black-and-Yellow reached for the third Time in succession the Cup semi-finals match and ended the series of seven undefeated successive outings of the VfB. “Stuttgart has tried to counter-attack to play, that we have stopped by we very ballsicher were and early lead are gone. We had in the second half of the game earlier, can decide”, said BVB Manager Michael Zorc when Sky TV: “I think that victory is earned in total.” Champions League results, complained about the “silly mistakes in the first half,” and added: “It is very bitter, we don’t have a bad game. But it was nice to all see each other again.”

Bremen remains ourselves Leverkusen Pokalschreck

Against Werder has Leverkusen in the Cup, no Chance

In the first quarter-final was Werder Bremen prevailed: It was the sixth match between the clubs in DFB Cup – and for the sixth Time kept Werder Bremen have the upper hand. With 3:1 won the team of Viktor Skripnik at the favorites Bayer 04 Leverkusen and drew became the first Team in the round of the last Four. “We are obviously very satisfied after the game. It is worked out as we imagined it to be,” said Werders striker Claudio Pizarro at Sky: “We have shown that we turn to, now we go further in the Cup”.

Werder turns the game

Already the first half had it with three goals in themselves. The first recorded “Chicharito” by second-half foul (22. Minute), after Stefan Kiessling grateful a Strafstoßgeschenk accepted and over the legs of Alejandro Galvez fell. Barely ten minutes later, the guests are compensated for by the totally free-standing Santiago Garcia (31.), the Ball from five meters over the line pressed. Then developed an emotional game. Referee Wolfgang Stark had all hands fully to do, and had his Team one or the other Time for rest, since the minds of the actors quickly heated.

Werder was always courageous and bold, the Leverkusen defense for Jonathan Tah had in this Phase, great effort, and in the 41. Minute then the Look in: Claudio Pizarro put against Tah, took the Ball, and then it went really fast. So quickly that Wendell the herbeistürzenden Fin Bartels in the penalty area only to the legs could get. Referee Stark decided on penalty and Red card. Pizarro kept my nerves and brought Werder just before the break with a 2:1 in the lead (42.).

Leverkusen a half-time outnumbered

After half-time was limited Bremen largely on the Defensive, while Leverkusen are down to ten men made up the game and a lot invested. But Laufbereitschaft, fighting spirit and Faith in the settlement reached at the end no more. Bremen took advantage of a Entlastungsangriff in the 82. Minute of a decisive hit by Florian Grillitsch, but stood Aside, as goalkeeper Bernd Leno of the gate had left. “The referee and the assistant were not sure,” said Leno, “sadly you have made the wrong decision.” Leverkusen wrestled with the referee decisions, but finally had to be beaten. Thus ended the dream of a first title for 22 years as in the last two years in a quarter-final home game.

Which Teams Bremen and Dortmund to get done, which makes the decision on Wednesday evening. Then it says
twice 2. League against Bundesliga: First ist Premier League Hertha BSC with 1. FC Heidenheim (19:00). Subsequently, the VfL Bochum 20:30 FC Bayern Munich as a guest.

Here there are again with our
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The DW-sports Department reported in your Liveticker on Wednesday from 18:45 PM by the outstanding two Viertelfinalspielen in the DFB-Pokal.