German Cup (DFB Pokal) Quarterfinals

Today:
09.02.2010 20:30 Werder Bremen - 1899 Hoffenheim -:-

Duel of the "losers". Both teams have had high ambitions before this saison and both failed to deliver so far. The Cup may be Hoffenheims last chance for international football, Werder could still challenge for place 4-5 in the league.


Wednesday
10.02.2010 19:00 Bayern Munich - SpVgg Greuther Fürth -:-
10.02.2010 19:00 FC Augsburg - 1. FC Köln -:-
10.02.2010 20:30 VfL Osnabrück - FC Schalke 04 -:-

No interesting games here (on paper), but Osnabrück is always in for a surprise (eliminated HSV and Dortmund so far, also Schalke and Bayern in recent years). They are a real cup team, playing 3rd division atm.
Also Augsburg have chances to advance against Cologne.

Hoppelheim are missing quite some key players (Beck, Obasi, Ba while Compper, Simunic, Hildebrand are still questionable for tonight), so Bremen should win this.

Aufstellung:
Bremen: Wiese - Fritz, Mertesacker, Naldo, Pasanen - Niemeyer, Frings - Marin, Özil, Hunt - Pizarro

Hoffenheim: Hildebrand - Ibertsberger, Nilsson, Vorsah, Eichner - Luiz Gustavo - Vukcevic, Salihovic - Carlos Eduardo - Maicosuel, Ibisevic



26' 1-0 Bremen

Brilliant free-kick from Naldo

Deserved lead for Bremen. Hoffenheim are finally starting to wake up now.

73' 1-1 Hoffenheim

Prince Tagoe scores the equalizer for Hoffenheim just after been subbed on 89 seconds earlier.


75' 2-1 Bremen

Another sub (Almeida) fires Werder in front again.


Pokalfight

Yeah while not the most exciting match, its certainly on a good level and will get only better the last 10 min when hoffenheim has to risk all.

AUS!

Werder - TSG 2-1 FT


Bremen in the semis.

why is Hugo Almeida speaking ENGLISH now ?

he's been in Germany for years now

SACK HIM

Rather SACK the Werder fans!

Chanting the same song "Allez, Allez ESS VAU WEE" for 90 minutes is totally unimaginative and utterly annoying.

Can you sort that out please chrissi?!

I know a million and one more Werder songs, that does sound a bit pathetic, almost like the chavs just singing "Chelsea, Chelsea Chelsea"...

Any more thoughts on the game? Berlin again would be sensational (if not quite as heroic as winning the whole thing without playing at home once)...

It's not even the song itself, but the fact that they are repeating it over and over and over again. It's like having to listen to this buzzing vuvuzela sound all game long.

15' Bayern - Greuther Fürth 1:1



Müller opened the scoring after 4 minutes. Nöthe scored the equalizer for Fürth with help from Blunderchelis.

RibRob are both starting for Bayern btw.

Tymo and Demichelis are fucking terrible.

Fürth had two other great chances to score and should be easily in the lead right now.

And they are
1:2

Haha, Augsburg are also leading against Köln.

Stiftung Haeschentest wrote:Haha, Augsburg are also leading against Köln.

That doesn't surprise me that much, tbf.

Will Werder be the last Bundesligist in the semis?

Antarion wrote:

Will Werder be the last Bundesligist in the semis?

Wouldn't mind it.


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OH no! penalty for Bayern

2-2 Robben

...and Ribéry makes it 3-2 two minutes later.

4-2

already

Edit: I cant decide if i follow the ticker or finally go into the kitchen and make a nice meal
I think my stomach wins

Köln are two players down now. Podolski send off. Still 1-0 for Augsburg.

Bayern slow down the match again and seem content with the result.



Lass es dir schmecken, Antarion!

81' 5:2 Müller

Brilliant pass by Robben.

Augsburg - Köln 2-0 FT

Köln had three players send off... Fucking hell

Bayern - Fürth 6-2 FT

Danke, schmeckt ausgezeichnet


Köln players tilted it seems Can't wait to watch the games after the Schalke one. At least one live game today.

Results:

Werder Bremen - Hoffenheim 2:1
Bayern München - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 6:2
FC Augsburg - 1. FC Köln 2:0
VfL Osnabrück - FC Schalke 04 0:1


Next round draw is following

So Poldi was brought on in the 60th minutes only to get send off 8 minutes later.



Oh my, Lukas!

DFB Pokal semi-final draw

Werder - Augsburg
Schalke - Bayern

Stiftung Haeschentest wrote:So Poldi was brought on in the 60th minutes only to get send off 8 minutes later.



Oh my, Lukas!

True, he should have known better. But the referee was very kleinlich, also on the 2nd y/r card.


Schalke - Bayern will be great
Bremen should be in the final again. If it was in Augsburg, i could have seen slight chances for FCA...

Yeah, petty decision from the ref there, but Poldi should be experienced enough not to overreact in such a situation. Seems the frustration about his season is getting to him.

Werder v Bayern for the final please!

Stiftung Haeschentest wrote:

Werder v Bayern for the final please!

Ok, that was it for tonight. Hase and I say goodbye, thanks for watching our live conference

Antarion wrote:Ok, that was it for tonight. Hase and I say goodbye, thanks for watching our live conference

Werder vs Schalke

what a FINAL

you heard it here first