St.Pauli kicks Haaland’s Dortmund out of the Cup

The St.Pauli, leader of the second category of German football, gave the big surprise this Tuesday in the round of 16 of the german cup by eliminating the Borussia Dortmund with an unexpected 2-1 victory. With the Bayern already removed, the set of Marco Rose He was the favorite of the competition but could not beat his modest rival.

The St.Pauli He went ahead very soon, in his first advance in the 4th minute, through Etienne Amenydo who scored from close range after a good combination down the right wing.

St.Pauli’s plan was to look for quick advances after recovering the ball, trying to overcome the forward pressure of the Dortmund and on the first attempt the goal came.

The Dortmund then had a phase in which it seemed close to the tie. Thorn Hazard had a great chance in the 7th minute, but lost the heads-up against the goalkeeper Dennis Smarsch.

Then in 18, Smarsch himself had two good saves in a row against Marco Reus and again before Hazard and shortly after Erling Haaland He finished over the goal from a good position.

However, after the Dortmund He seemed to lose his way and in the rest of the first part he did not find his way back to the area. Haaland He seemed safe and in the attempts to advance he always missed a pass in the last third.

In minute 40 came the second goal of the St.Pauli, own marked by goal by the Belgian Axel Witsel when he tried to intercept a cross from Guido Burgstaller who was looking for Amenydo, who was ready to shoot.

In the second part, the Dortmund had little more than ten minutes of suffering, with a St.Pauli that he managed to block the way to the goal and that in minute 54 he even managed to have a good chance with a header from thee Burgstaller that goalkeeper Gregor Kobel deflected for a corner kick.

In ’58, the Dortmund returned to the game thanks to a penalty sanctioned by the WHERE after a Medic hand inside the area. Haaland he took charge and scored. But then not much more came. The St.Pauli managed to neutralize most of Dortmund’s attempts in midfield.

The Hamburg also got into the quarterfinals, defeating on penalties the Colonia 3-4, Karlsruher SC beat 1860 Munich 0-1 and Bochum beat Mainz 3-1.

The other round of 16 matches are played this Wednesday and are Hannover-Borussia Mönchengladbach, RB Leipzig-Hansa Rostock, Hoffenheim-Freiburg and Hertha-Union Berlin.