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Leipzig’s twoyear reign as holder of the German Cup ended within the second spherical Tuesday in a ten loss at Wolfsburg.
WOLFSBURG, Germany: Leipzig’s two-12 months reign as holder of the German Cup ended within the second spherical Tuesday in a 1-0 loss at Wolfsburg.
Václav Černý scored off a move from Tiago Tomas within the 14th minute. A crimson card for Leipzig ahead Yussuf Poulsen for a second reserving within the 56th minute set Leipzig heading in the right direction for its first German Cup loss after 13 wins since defeat to Borussia Dortmund within the 2021 ultimate.
Leipzig has reached the cup ultimate in 4 of the final 5 seasons, successful the final two, and final exited the competitors this early in a second-spherical loss on penalties to Bayern Munich within the 2017-18 season.
Union Berlin’s depressing season continued because it was overwhelmed 1-0 by Stuttgart for an eleventh straight loss in all competitions, and its fourth recreation in a row with out scoring. Stuttgart’s aim got here when Union goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow parried Jamie Leweling’s shot straight to the ft of Deniz Undav to attain.
The German Cup was arguably Union’s final likelihood of success this season, because it has misplaced all three of its group-stage video games up to now in its first Champions League marketing campaign and is fifteenth within the Bundesliga. The stoop follows Union’s most profitable season ever with a fourth-place end within the league.
Fourth-tier Homburg upset second-division Greuther Fuerth 2-1 to achieve the third spherical for the primary time in 28 years.
Bayern, Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen all have second-spherical video games scheduled Wednesday, although Bayern’s recreation is unsure. Its third-tier opponent Saarbruecken has been working to get its discipline prepared after its final league recreation Sunday needed to be canceled as a result of the taking part in floor was waterlogged.
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