Four first league teams out, Leverkusen lucky

The second round of German Cup DFB Pokal saw four first league teams fail. Hertha BSC Berlin and Hanover 96 lost matches with teams from third and second league while Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburger SV lost against Bundesliga squads as they lost against Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich. Borussia Dortmund meanwhile had no real problems with FC St. Pauli, but Bayer 04 Leverkusen got lucky to avoid elimination against fourth league team FC Magdeburg. After being two behind in penalty shootout keeper Leno saved two shots to turn things around for his team. All results of second round and draw for third round on march 3/4 2015 are listed below.

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Second round DFB-Pokal

Chemnitzer FC - Werder Bremen 0:2 (0:1)                         

Arminia Bielefeld - Hertha BSC 4:2 on penalties                            

Kickers Offenbach - Karlsruher SC 1:0 (0:0)                       

VfR Aalen - Hannover 96 2:0 (1:0)

Dynamo Dresden - VfL Bochum 2:1 in extra time                                          

MSV Duisburg - 1. FC Cologne 1:4 o.p.

1. FC Kaiserslautern - SpVgg Greuther Fuerth 2:0 (2:0)               

FC St. Pauli - Borussia Dortmund 0:3 (0:2)                          

1. FC Magdeburg - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4:5 o.p.

Wuerzburger Kickers - Eintracht Braunschweig 0:1 (0:0)                            

1860 Munich - SC Freiburg 2:5 (1:1)                      

RasenBallsport Leipzig - Erzgebirge Aue 3:1 i.e.

Hamburger SV - Bayern Munich 1:3 (0:2)

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - FSV Frankfurt 5:1 (2:0)

VfL Wolfsburg - 1. FC Heidenheim 4:1 (2:1)

Eintracht Frankfurt - Bor. Moenchengladbach 1:2 (0:1)

 

Round of the last 16, March 3/4 2015

Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Kickers Offenbach - Bor. Moenchengladbach

Bayern Munich - Eintracht Braunschweig

VfR Aalen - TSG Hoffenheim

RasenBallsport Leipzig - VfL Wolfsburg

Arminia Bielefeld - Werder Bremen

SC Freiburg - 1. FC Cologne

Dynamo Dresden - Borussia Dortmund