Berlin (AFP)
Hertha Berlin was knocked out early from the German Football Cup, losing to its host Eintracht Braunschweig in the second degree 5-6 on penalties (original and extra time 4-4) in the first round.
Hertha Berlin became the third first-class team to leave the competition, after Bayer Leverkusen and Cologne, who lost to third-class SV Ilversberg 3-4, and Regensburg from the second 3-4 on penalties (original and overtime 2-2), respectively.
The capital’s team missed an affordable victory after it advanced with two clean goals in the first half for Davi Silky “10” and French Meziane Maulida “42”, as the hosts responded with a “double” in the second half, through Brian Behrendt “63 from a penalty kick” and Leon Lauberbach. «66», imposing appeal to the extension.
Braunschweig advanced for the first time in the match, when Dutchman Manuel Ferray scored the third goal (91), but Hertha Berlin scored twice by Frenchman Luca Tosar (103) and Belgian Dodi Lukebakio (106), before Brian Henning equalized for the hosts (118),
The two teams resorted to penalty kicks, which smiled at Braunschweig.
Schalke 04, Armenia Bielefeld, Freiburg, runners-up, Augsburg, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Hoffenheim, Hanover and Mainz joined the first division qualifiers, Borussia Dortmund, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Bochum.
Schalke 04 beat Bremer of the fifth division 5-0, Armenia Bielefeld beat FV Engers of the fifth also 7-1, Freiburg beat Kaiserslautern 2-1 after extension, Augsburg beat Lohne of the fifth 4-0, and Borussia Moenchengladbach beat Oberachren of the fifth 9-1, Hoffenheim beat Rudinghausen from the fourth 2-0 after extra time, and Mainz beat Erzgebirge Oh from the third 3-0.
Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart opened the first round by beating Munich 1860 of the third division 3-0, and Dinamo Dresden from the third also 1-0, then Wolfsburg beat Karl Zeis Jena from the fourth 1-0, and Bochum beat Victoria Berlin 4-0.
And Leipzig won the competition title for the first time in its history, when it beat Freiburg 4-2 on penalties (original and overtime 1-1).
Leipzig will open its title defense campaign on August 30 by facing Teutonia Autzen from the fourth degree, and Bayern Munich will meet its host Victoria Cologne from the third on the next day.
The matches between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich were postponed until the end of August, due to their participation in the Super Cup, which the Bavarian club crowned with a 5-3 victory.
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