Hertha has to go to Münster, Union to Mannheim

The football fans are looking forward to the cup cracker between the eternal Bundesliga rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich, defending champions Borussia Dortmund got a lucky ticket for the second round of the DFB Cup with their home game against second division club FC Ingolstadt. This was the result of the draw on Sunday evening in the ARD “Sportschau”. Olympic canoeing champion Ronald Rauhe also brought runner-up and cup finalist RB Leipzig an east duel at the regional league club SV Babelsberg 03. The second round matches will take place on October 26th and 27th.

In the season opener game of the league, Gladbach and Bayern separated 1: 1 on August 13. But the other three Bundesliga duels also promise excitement: newly promoted VfL Bochum welcomes FC Augsburg, Mainz 05 is expecting Arminia Bielefeld and VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Köln. Bundesliga relegated Schalke 04 has to go to third division club 1860 Munich, second division leader Jahn Regensburg receives promoted FC Hansa Rostock.
Fourth division SC Preußen Münster expects Bundesliga bottom light Hertha BSC. Münster continued despite the 3-1 first round defeat against VfL Wolfsburg. The game was subsequently rated for the regional league team because VfL head coach Mark van Bommel substituted six instead of the allowed five players in the game on August 8th. The appeal of the Champions League starter to the DFB Federal Court was unsuccessful.
Of 18 Bundesliga clubs, 15 made it into the second round – only VfL Wolfsburg, promoted Greuther Fürth (at fourth division Babelsberg) and Eintracht Frankfurt (at third division club SV Waldhof Mannheim) were eliminated. “This is an absolutely sensational opponent,” said Babelsberg’s trainer Jörg Buder in the “Sportschau” about the duel between the outsider and the runner-up from Leipzig. “This is a hammer lot that we and the fans are looking forward to.” (dpa)