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Bochum (dpa / lnw) - The second division soccer team VfL Bochum is hoping for a surprise in the DFB Cup game at FSV Mainz 05.
VfL coach Thomas Reis has to do without Tarsis Bonga and the central defenders Saulo Decarli and Vasileios Lampropoulos.
Left-back Danilo Soares and goalkeeper Manuel Riemann should be operational on Wednesday (8.45pm / Sky) despite bruises.
"I assume that both will play in Mainz," said the coach of the second division third on Monday.
Even if Mainz was 17.
In the fight against relegation, the team has "a lot of quality," warned Reis.
“We have to be wide awake.
It is our goal to meet Mainz at eye level.
We will not hide and try, as in every game, to get our game through. "
Sports director Sebastian Schindzielorz also emphasized the financial importance: “We want to show that we can also compete against a first division club.
But of course it is also important financially.
The loss of income is enormous due to the corona situation.
We can use the money well, ”he said before the last game of the year.
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