In the second duel, 1. FC Kaiserslautern will face the winner of the canceled quarter-final duel between third division team 1. FC Saarbrücken and Borussia Mönchengladbach. If Saarbrücken wins, the home advantage is swapped in favor of the club lower in class.
This was the result of the draw on Saturday evening in the ZDF current sports studio. The games will take place on April 2nd and 3rd, the final will take place on May 25th in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The game between Bayern conquerors Saarbrücken and Gladbach will be rescheduled for March 12th. The match was canceled last Wednesday after heavy rain made the pitch soft.
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11:46 p.m. That’s it from this point, goodnight!
11.44 p.m. A reminder: If Saarbrücken beat Gladbach on March 12th, the third division team would have home advantage against Kaiserslautern. If Gladbach wins the remaining quarter-final pairing, then Lauterer Betzenberg will be the venue.
11:43 p.m.: And home advantage in the second game… Bayer Leverkusen. The opponent is logically Fortuna Düsseldorf. The game will be played on April 2nd and 3rd.
11.42 p.m. Kaiserslautern’s opponent is either Saarbrücken or Gladbach. The two will meet in the catch-up game on March 12th.
11.40 p.m. Béla Réthy shuffles and draws… 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
11.39 p.m. The drawing officer is called Manuel Hartmann and is part of the management at the DFB.
11:38 p.m. Now the time has actually come. The semi-finalists are presented.
11.31 p.m. Daniel Thioune has decided if he doesn’t want to be in the semi-finals: of course, Leverkusen.
11:28 p.m. No balls are being drawn yet.
11.25 p.m. The highlights from the top game are over. Thioune found Leverkusen “brutally stable” and paid “maximum respect”. Réthy attests that Bayer has “mental stability” in contrast to Dortmund.
11:09 p.m. When exactly the lots will be drawn is still unclear. Now come the highlights from Leverkusen vs. Bayern. Small spoiler: It ends 3-0, which made Thomas Müller quite angry.
11.07 p.m. Daniel Thioune is a guest alongside Réthy. The coach achieved the feat of eliminating FC St. Pauli in the quarter-finals of the cup with his Düsseldorf Fortuna.
11.05 p.m. U17 World Cup hero Konstantin Heide was actually supposed to take on the role of lottery ticket in the draw at the current sports studio, but the SpVgg Unterhaching keeper is ill. Reporter legend Béla Réthy is now stepping in for Heide.
before the start It’s not just after the impressive 3-0 win over FC Bayern this evening that Bayer Leverkusen has to be considered the big favorite to win the cup. Leverkusen has won the pot once, Kaiserslautern and Düsseldorf twice each and Gladbach three times. Saarbrücken made history in 2020 when they became the first fourth division team in cup history to advance to the semi-finals.
before the start Currently only three of the four semi-finalists have been determined: Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Bayer Leverkusen. The fourth and final quarter-final game between 1. FC Saarbrücken and Borussia Mönchengladbach had to be canceled due to the unplayable pitch in Saarbrücken. Nevertheless, the draw takes place.
before the start It starts at 11 p.m.
before the start Hello and welcome to the draw for the DFB Cup semi-finals.