Borussia Dortmund have been eradicated from the German Cup within the second spherical with a 1-0 extra-time loss at Wolfsburg on Tuesday, deepening the struggling membership’s woes. Scoreless after 90 minutes, the match regarded set for penalties earlier than Jonas Wind tapped in from shut vary within the 117th minute. Dortmund and new coach Nuri Sahin got here into the match below strain, final season’s Champions League finalists sitting seven factors off high spot within the league after simply eight video games.
Dortmund had misplaced their final 4 matches away from dwelling in all competitions however had the very best of the opening half, Maximilian Beier hitting the submit with simply the goalkeeper to beat.
The guests dominated possession however lacked fluency in assault and failed to interrupt by means of and regarded to have set their sights on penalties as further time ran down.
Wind nevertheless scored for the hosts with three minutes remaining, heaping extra strain on Sahin and his struggling facet.
“Extremely bitter to concede a objective like that after 120 minutes. It’s robust,” mentioned Dortmund’s Pascal Gross.
“We’ve obtained damage issues, however that is no excuse — we had possibilities to attain.”
Stuttgart received 2-1 at dwelling to eradicate final 12 months’s finalists Kaiserslautern due to objectives from Nick Woltemade and Chris Fuehrich.
Woltemade put Stuttgart in entrance after 14 minutes however Kaiserslautern levelled issues up from the spot by means of Boris Tomiak late within the first half.
Ermedin Demirovic, who laid on the opener, was the supplier once more, organising Fuehrich as Stuttgart re-took the lead with quarter-hour remaining.
Earlier on Tuesday, a brace from Patrik Schick put German Cup holders Bayer Leverkusen on track for a 3-0 victory over Elversberg.
Leverkusen burst out of the blocks, Schick scoring twice within the opening 10 minutes. Aleix Garcia added a 3rd with a surprising free-kick on the 36-minute mark.
Elversberg beat Leverkusen within the first spherical of the 2022-23 German Cup, making them the final crew to beat the present holders within the competitors.
Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso praised the “clever” Schick and mentioned: “What’s most essential is that we made it to the subsequent spherical.”
RB Leipzig, who received back-to-back German Cups earlier than Leverkusen’s triumph, beat St Pauli 4-2 at dwelling, with Yussuf Poulsen scoring a brace.
The hosts had been 2-0 up after 17 minutes due to objectives from Poulsen and Christoph Baumgartner. Morgan Guilavogui grabbed one again on 28 minutes however Poulsen added one other two minutes later.
St Pauli’s Swedish defender Eric Smith scored early within the second half however Norwegian ahead Antonio Nusa put the match to mattress with an aesthetic solo objective with 10 minutes remaining.
Elsewhere, objectives for Alexis Claude-Maurice, Arne Maier and Samuel Essende took Augsburg previous five-time champions Schalke with a 3-0 win.
Karlsruhe beat Kickers Offenbach 2-0, Cologne beat Holstein Kiel and Regensburg eradicated Greuther Fuerth.
On Wednesday, 20-time champions Bayern Munich journey to Mainz whereas Eintracht Frankfurt host Borussia Moenchengladbach.
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