Record winner Bayern Munich has trembled in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. The Munich sat down on Wednesday evening at Hertha BSC only after extra time with 3: 2 by. Match winner was Kingsley Coman, who headed home in the 98th minute. Schalke 04 had no problems against Dusseldorf.
The Bavarians had themselves injected the 30 extra minutes. Defensive midfielder Mats Hummels made a serious mistake for Davie Selke to equalize for 2-2 (67 ‚). Until then, Bayern midfielder Serge Gnabry had been the man of the match with two goals (7th, 49th).
Valentino Lazaro was also in action for Hertha over the full 120 minutes, as did ÖFB team-mate David Alaba at Bayern, who avoided another setback following the recent 3-1 league header in Leverkusen. Seven points are missing the Munich in the league already on leaders Borussia Dortmund. But in the cup you have the 19th title in sight.
The Berlin went by Maximilian Mittelstädt surprisingly in the lead (3rd). Gnabry struck early after Assist by Robert Lewandowski but early and turned to preparatory work by James the game. The Bayern seemed to have the game under control – until Hummels again provided suspense with a completely failed header return. Coman saved the Bayern after a nice combination in which Alaba was involved.
Schalke leaves Dusseldorf no chance
In the second evening game, Schalke prevailed at home against Bundesliga competitor Fortuna Dusseldorf sure 4-1. The game was influenced by the death of Rudi Assauer, who died on the day of the match at the age of 74. Both teams arrived in memory of the former Schalke manager with Trauerflor.
Schalke took the lead with a nice shot from Ahmed Kutucu (30 ‚). Defenders Salif Sane (48., 87.) and Mark Uth (53.) met. The Schalke were missing the injured Austrians Guido Burgstaller and Alessandro Schöpf. In the Dusseldorf, where only Rouwen Hennings scored the honorable goal (71), played by Kevin Stöger and winter newcomer Markus Suttner.
Already on Tuesday had Werder Bremen with a victory on penalties over Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund and the second division Hamburger SV, SC Paderborn, and 1. FC Heidenheim reached the round of eight. The quarterfinal games will be played on 2./3. April, the semi-finals will take place on 23/24 April. The final in Berlin will be kicked off on 25th May.
