Wednesday, January 26, 2011

DFB Pokal: embarrassment for 1899 Hoffenheim, Kaiserslautern

MSV Duisburg for the first time in 13 years returns to the DFB Cup semi-final and the dream of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern from an early return to European soccer scene ended abruptly. The second division Third celebrated a deserved 2-0 (1-0) victory against the FCK and gave his coach Milan Sasic in the game against his ex-club a joyful reunion.

While the MSV now on 1 / 2 March at the river goes into the finals, can and must be the Palatinate now concentrate on the Bundesliga relegation battle. "It was a great performance. We have discussed more than 90 minutes played and deserved to win. That was passion, "Milan coach MSV Sasic said after the victory.

His short compared to Marco, meanwhile, saw the defeat: "The dream is over. Today we were bad and were the deserved winners. Unfortunately we have not shown the power and passion. That was too little to earn the semifinal. "Branimir Bajic (36) and Goran Sukalo (58th) made perfectly well before 20,000 spectators in the Duisburg victory and earned the second division to easy money of two million euros for the entry into the round of four.

That was the last time MSV succeeded in 1998, when only the final against Bayern Munich (1-2) last stop was. Satisfaction is likely to Duisburg Sasic side in particular have felt the coach was still a good 20 months yet been released on the Betzenberg. From a class difference in Duisburg was nothing to see.

Rather, it was the MSV, which drove back on a low floor with fighting spirit and willingness to run a lot of the guests in their own half. Already in the fifth minute Stefan Maierhofer had a chance to Duisburg's lead when he the ball after a pass from Olcay Sahan set of seven meters above the gate.

The Austrian was also the center of the first half from a corner by Filip Trojan with a header from the Kaiserslautern keeper Tobias Sippel forced to parade (22). Almost consistently fell in the 36th Minute, the opening goal for the hosts. After a corner from Benjamin Sippel core resisted the ball with a fist defense does not go far enough.

Maierhofer brought the ball back into the danger zone, Banjic stood at the far post completely free and met untenable for a 1-0 Sippel. From the Bundesliga-13. other hand, was on the offensive not much to see. had the best chance yet Oliver Kirch with a 25-meter shot, but goalkeeper David MSV Yeldell was there (27).

Here on the part of the FCK was compared to the Bayern game on Saturday (1:5) again top scorer in the team Srdjan Lakin, who had previously taken seven times in the competition. The striker (18 goals in 20 competitive games) was in Munich have to pause for a second yellow card, could hardly set the scene.

In the second stage, the picture changed little. MSV continued to fight with passion and took so little to the chances favorites. Lakin tried in the 52 Minutes times with a shot - but without success. Different, however, on the other side: After a kick is woefully free of nuclear Sukalo to head the ball and take the 2-0 (58th).

Seconds later, the game could have been decided early, as Julian Koch the ball just sat next to the gate. In the 71st Forced Trojan minutes with a shot from inside left position Sippel to a fine save. When the hosts were behind Trojan, Maierhofer and cooking the strongest impression. In a weak Kaiserslautern team possibly reaching Sippel and Kirch normal form.

Favorites Schreck Energie Cottbus teaches the competition continues to fear and is the second time in club history in the semifinals of the DFB Cup. The team of coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz sat down in the quarter-finals of the Golden Gate Joker Jiayi Shao (84th) 1-0 (0-0) against 1899 Hoffenheim through and switched to first division team from the third in a row.

Earlier, the SC Freiburg and ex-VfL Wolfsburg in the second division had failed from the Lausitz. Energy was 1997 for the first failed in the final with 0-2 at VfB Stuttgart. "Unfortunately we have not managed to feed the semi-finals as last year," said Hoffenheim coach Marco Pezzaiuoli: "We were in the second half, the more dominant team.

Cottbus was compact and defensively. At the end we were too passive, we have retreated too far and allowed the goal. "The 66th in the Shao minutes when substitute the small club from the Lausitz an imposing additional revenue earned by more than two million euros. This season, Cottbus has thus already taken over four million € in the Cup.

Hoffenheim so missed the debut of the new striker Ryan Babel for the first time moving into a DFB Cup semi-finals, coach Marco Pezzaiuoli waiting to continue on their first win of his term. Gylfi Sigurdsson had right after conceding a goal with a shot off the crossbar pitch (85). Hoffenheim had retired last year (1-2 at Werder Bremen) and 2008 (1-3 at Borussia Dortmund) in the quarterfinals.

After his short tenure so far winless Hoffenheim coach Marco Pezzaiuoli sat in the attack from the start of Babel. The Dutchman was not engaged until Tuesday for about seven million euros from the English record, and moved to Liverpool FC rotgesperrten Vedad Ibisevic in the starting XI.

Despite the extremely poor space offered both teams the 15 200 spectators a respectable game. The award given by the special bonus of 30,000 euros per player in Cottbus were initially spurred the better team. Captain Marc-Andre Kruska (4) and Emil Jula (6) only just missed the goal. After the initial offensive flashed a playful class Hoffenheim here and there, which was also better at the game coming Babel.

In the final of the Bundesliga club did however miss the necessary consequence and afforded some bad passes, so that came to Cottbus good counter-attacking. In the final phase of the first half, energy was even superior. Isaac Vorsah saved after a campaign by Jula just before the line for the already beaten goalkeeper Tom Starke (41).

While Energies courted storm gem even after the change, first barely showed Babel had to on the other hand the amazing opportunity to lead. The 24-year-old alone in front but failed Keeper Thorsten Kirschbaum (49). After preliminary work by Babel's powerful shot David Alaba (61) just inches wide of the far post.

Cottbus came almost exclusively on counter to the course. In Cottbus convinced the working tirelessly in midfield Kruska and Jula. Sebastian Rudy and debutant Babel earned on the side Hoffenheim's the best grades.

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