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In the eighth finals of the DFB Pokal are HSV and FC Köln linked. Both teams did over the weekend to win their match. Who attracts the good feeling through placement for the quarter-finals? We take teams under the microscope.
Hamburger SV
For the HSV fans fell Friday again something to celebrate. The North Germans defeated in their own Volksparkstadion Bayer Leverkusen 1-0. In a match that was full of fighting and duels, but where the good football was searching with a magnifying glass, figured it was Leverkusen-mercenary Kyriakos Papadopoulos to fifteen minutes before the end scored the only goal of the match. It requires little explanation that for Die Rothosen were three very important points in the fight for self-preservation.
HSV affects Köln his first opponent in the Bundesliga this season in the cup. In the previous two rounds were subsequently dealt with Zwickau (0-1) and Hallescher SC (0-4). wait so now the team from Cologne. In the position in which Hamburg is, it’s for coach Markus Gisdol might be tempting to save strength for the competition. This need is not immediate. The game against Cologne will be played on Tuesday, and in addition there Saturday’s away match against RB Leipzig in the role – not a direct competitor for HSV in the fight against relegation.
Adler – Sakai, Papadopoulos, Mavraj, Ostrzolek – Ekdal, Jung – Müller, Holtby, Kostic – Wood
FC Koln
FC Köln won as HSV this weekend league clash. And as with the North Germans did not find it too easy in the cathedral city. Against VfL Wolfsburg remained long 0-0, the defenses were on either side a clear advantage. In the second half of Cologne was somewhat stronger, though it does not directly lead to great opportunities. In the closing stages, however, a penalty kick. Anthony Modeste was lodged and the decision to give a penalty in itself was correct. However Köln was lucky that the linesman had not noticed that the striker initially received the ball in an offside position.
Cologne does this result still meritorious part in the second tier. The backlog at number three Dortmund is only three points; at the club may be so dreaming of European football. The DFB Pokal. The team of Peter Stöger started the cup season with the small BFC Preussen, where it was won with 0-7. In the previous round TSG Hoffenheim was defeated after an extension. As so often this season was important Modeste; he signed in the first half of the additional 30 minutes before winning 2-1.
Kessler – Olkowski, Sörensen, Heintz, Rausch – Höger, Hector – Zoller, Bittencourt – Osako, Modeste