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Essen (dpa / lnw) - Rot-Weiss Essen is the last regional soccer division to finally know its opponent in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup, but does not want to deal with Bayer Leverkusen at the moment.
“Sure, we all sat in front of the TV and saw our next opponent.
Let me put it this way: it's a tough chunk, "said CEO Marcus Uhlig of" RevierSport "and assured:" Our full focus is on the league.
For us only SC Wiedenbrück counts, Bayer Leverkusen are not yet of interest to us.
We want to continue our series from the first half of the season on Saturday and win in Wiedenbrück.
After the home game against Bonner SC, we then have ten days until the cup game to deal with our DFB-Pokal eighth-final opponent Bayer Leverkusen. "
The traditional club from Essen is still unbeaten this season.
After 15 wins and five draws, he leads the table of the Regionalliga West, in the cup, RWE eliminated Bundesliga promoted Arminia Bielefeld and relegated Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Both met three times in the DFB Cup before the duel on February 2nd or 3rd.
In addition to one win, the last sixteen of the 1995/96 season was remembered when Bayer won 4: 4 after extra time on penalties.
Article at reviersport.de