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Kaiserslautern overthrows Cologne in heated cup battle
October 31, 2023, 11:44 p.m
The victory in the Bundesliga was followed by victory in the DFB Cup: Borussia Mönchengladbach also won the second game of the Heidenheim double pack. Meanwhile, 1. FC Cologne had a wild evening at Betzenberg and failed in round two.
1. FC Kaiserslautern – 1. FC Cologne 3:2 (1:0)
With fighting spirit and passion, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, in typical Betzenberg style, ensured 1. FC Köln’s next depressing defeat. The sixth-place team in the second division won the atmospheric traditional duel with the Bundesliga penultimate in the DFB Cup 3-2 (1-0), thereby significantly aggravating the FC crisis. FCK is in the round of 16 for the first time in four years. Richmond Tachie (19th), Kenny Prince Redondo (47th) and Marlon Ritter (65th) scored for the Palatinate team, who secured the bonus of 862,400 euros for advancing. The misery of Cologne, who have only won one game in the league and suffered a loss at RB Leipzig on Saturday (0:6), continues.
The late goals from Florian Kainz (71st) and Mark Uth (81st) didn’t change that, especially since Cologne ended the game with ten men: Captain Kainz was shown red in the 84th minute for serious foul play. Five minutes earlier, Eric Martel, who had already been substituted, had received a yellow-red card for unsportsmanlike conduct. “We know what’s coming. For us it’s important to embrace the atmosphere,” said FC coach Steffen Baumgart shortly before the 100th meeting between the two clubs on ZDF. FCK managing director Thomas Hengen was looking forward to a “very special” game on the birthday of Fritz Walter, who would have turned 103 on Tuesday.
In front of 49,327 spectators at the sold-out Betzenberg, Lauterer defensive player Boris Tomiak fired the first “warning shot” towards the Cologne goal in the 4th minute. Timo Hübers caused even more danger on the other side with a header from a corner (5th). After that, as expected, fight was king. There was no discernible difference in class; the hosts actually had more of the game. The lead for the Red Devils through Tachie, whose shot was deflected by Hübers past FC goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe, was not undeserved.
Cologne were only briefly shocked and pushed Lauterer onto the defensive in the middle of the first half. However, FC were unable to create any real chances to score. The guests acted too statically and the uncertainty was noticeable. Right at the start of the second half, Redondo shocked Cologne. As with the first goal, the outstanding knight did the preparatory work. Shortly afterwards, the Rhinelanders were unlucky, Linton Maina only hit the crossbar (50). In the 57th minute, Baumgart intervened in personnel and brought in offensive power Uth for the weak Ljubicic. Four minutes later, Luca Waldschmidt missed a great opportunity to connect. After that, the Lauterers wobbled. An FC goal was in the air, but instead Ritter crowned his performance with a free-kick goal. Kainz brought tension back into the game. Waldschmidt was ready to score the next goal for the guests (75′), which Uth then scored with a header and ensured the hot final minutes.
Borussia Mönchengladbach – 1. FC Heidenheim 3:1 (3:0)
The lightning starters from Borussia Mönchengladbach also won the reunion with 1. FC Heidenheim. The foals easily defeated the Bundesliga newcomers 3-1 (3-0) in front of 41,660 spectators and gave coach Gerardo Seoane a belated birthday present by reaching the round of 16. US international Jordan Siebatcheu (3rd/9th) and Robin Hack (44th), who was already successful in the first round, scored before the break for Seoane’s team, who turned 45 on Monday.
This meant that Borussia reached the round of 16 for the 31st time in the club’s history. FCH, who had just lost 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday, shortened the lead through Adrian Beck (78′). The game began with deja vu: As in both halves on Saturday, Gladbach scored early from a corner. This time it was Jordan, top scorer in the Swiss league for Seoane’s former club Young Boys Bern in 2021/2022, who gave Heidenheim’s substitute goalkeeper Vitus Eicher no chance. Coach Frank Schmidt had criticized his team’s sleepiness in the first few minutes at the weekend – to no avail.
And it got even worse: Jonas Föhrenbach, who had scored an own goal three days earlier, was sleeping in his own six-yard box, and Jordan was once again the beneficiary. FCH, still winless away from home in the league, now let the hosts have their way; Union loanee Jordan should have scored a hat trick in the 13th minute. So it was Hack who mentally removed all doubts about progressing. In keeping with Halloween, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” blared from the speakers during the break, but the game remained the exact opposite. Even a quadruple substitution didn’t get Heidenheim back on track; Beck’s header goal came too late.
Arminia Bielefeld – Hamburger SV 3:4 nE (1:1, 1:0)
Hamburger SV has reached the round of 16 in the DFB Cup. The second division Krösus won 4-3 on penalties against the lower-class team Arminia Bielefeld. After 90 minutes and extra time the score was 1:1 (1:0). Matheo Raab saved the decisive penalty against Marius Wörl. Nicklas Shipnoski (11th) scored early for Arminia, who had knocked Bundesliga club VfL Bochum out of the competition in the first round. But HSV equalized through Joker Bakery Jatta (77th) and reached extra time. This started ten minutes late due to a medical emergency in the stands.
In the duel between the two summer relegation losers, Bielefeld put up a courageous defensive battle after the opening goal. The guests from Hamburg kept running, creating chance after chance – but Bielefeld’s goalkeeper Jonas Kersken kept his box clean for a long time. Only when HSV coach Tim Walter brought in his initially spared offensive forces Robert Glatzel and Jatta in the final phase did the guests break through the bulwark. Jatta scored with a header two minutes after coming on. In the final phase, both teams exchanged blows with opportunities on both sides.
SpVgg Unterhaching – Fortuna Düsseldorf 3:6 (3:3, 1:0)
Second division team Fortuna Düsseldorf reached the round of 16 of the DFB Cup with a lot of morale and thanks to an outstanding Isak Johannesson. Daniel Thioune’s team eliminated third division team SpVgg Unterhaching in a wild game 6:3 (3:3, 0:1) after extra time in the second round. Patrick Hobsch gave the former Bundesliga club the lead in the 34th minute in front of 9,000 spectators. In the 55th minute, the goalscorer converted a penalty kick that was his own fault. Fortuna equalized through Felix Klaus (65th) and Johannesson (66th). Simon Skarlatidis (71′) quickly hit back before Johannesson (79′ and 107′) turned the game around again.
Christos Tzolis (115th) and Dennis Jastrzembski (117th) increased again. Fortuna, after all, two-time cup winners and currently second in the 2nd league, is now in the round of the last round, just like last season. Haching quickly took the initiative against Düsseldorf, who had traveled to Munich with some injury concerns. For a long time, Fortuna had little to counter the courageous performance of the third division tenth place. After about an hour it became a real cup fight.