St. Pauli knocks defending champ Dortmund out of German Cup

BERLIN (AP) — St. Pauli knocked defending champion Borussia Dortmund out of the German Cup with a 2-1 win of their third-round recreation on Tuesday.

It’s simply the newest in what's shaping as much as be a season of disappointments for Dortmund, which trails Bayern Munich by six factors within the Bundesliga and was knocked out within the group stage of the Champions League.

“We merely should take the following step as a staff,” the visibly aggravated Dortmund coach Marco Rose mentioned. “We have now to deliver vitality into this recreation from the start as a result of the title’s on the road, and that we didn’t handle that, it’s silly.”

An early purpose from Etienne Amenyido, an Axel Witsel personal purpose and resolute defending from the second-division chief ensured Dortmund joined Bavarian powerhouse Bayern as an early casualty in a contest that each have been concentrating on to win.

Bayern was knocked out with a 5-0 loss at Borussia Mönchengladbach within the second spherical. Dortmund received final season’s closing in Might with a 4-1 win over Leipzig.

“We can not defend the title we earned final 12 months any extra,” mentioned Rose, who criticized his personal staff’s poor begin. “It’s inexplicable and inexcusable.”

St. Pauli bought off to a flying begin with Amenyido opening the scoring within the fourth minute.

Dortmund pushed exhausting for an equalizer however was caught out once more 5 minutes earlier than the break when Witsel deflected Guido Burgstaller’s cross for the lurking Amenyido inside his personal purpose.

Erling Haaland pulled one again with a penalty early within the second half after Jakov Medić was penalized by means of VAR for handball.

St. Pauli’s protection held agency as Dortmund lacked a leading edge regardless of its attacking firepower. Rose despatched on 17-year-old ahead Youssoufa Moukoko for 3 minutes of damage time, however it was Moukoko’s former membership that progressed.

ST. Pauli's Eric Smith, Maximilian Dittgen and Marcel Hartel, from left, celebrates on the en of the German Soccer Cup spherical of 16 soccer match between FC St. Pauli and Borussia Dortmund in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. St. Pauli received 2-1.

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Solely 2,000 followers have been allowed within the 29,546-capacity Millerntor Stadium as a consequence of coronavirus restrictions. There was a giant reception for the house staff outdoors with flares and fireworks to indicate encouragement, and people allowed inside did their finest to compensate for these absent.

COLOGNE RUES PENALTY SLIP

Earlier, Hamburger SV reached the quarterfinals because of an unlucky penalty kick from Cologne midfielder Florian Kainz of their shootout.

Kainz needed to rating with Cologne’s fifth penalty to maintain his staff within the recreation, however the Austrian slipped as he took it and his right-footed shot got here off his left boot earlier than looping in over Hamburg ’keeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes.

Referee Daniel Schlager dominated the rating was irregular and ended the sport with Hamburg profitable the shootout 4-3.

Cologne striker Anthony Modeste’s penalty in damage time of extras time had despatched the sport to penalties.

Additionally, Bochum defeated Bundesliga rival Mainz 3-1, and Karlsruher SC defeated third-division 1860 Munich 1-0 away.

Gladbach visits second-division Hannover on Wednesday, when Hertha Berlin hosts Union Berlin for a derby.

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