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Berlin (dpa) - Bayer Leverkusen is the next Bundesliga club to say goodbye to the DFB Cup, while Werder Bremen and, after a long tremor, Borussia Dortmund are on track.
The Werkself lost to regional division Rot-Weiss Essen on Tuesday evening after extra time with 1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0) - in front of the stadium of the club that remained in the lowest class in the competition, the entry into the quarter-finals was celebrated with fireworks.
The fans of Bayern conqueror Holstein Kiel, who won 7: 6 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0) against second division rivals Darmstadt 98 on penalties, can continue to dream of the final in Berlin.
BVB had a lot more trouble than expected in 3-2 (2-2, 2-0) after extra time against second division club SC Paderborn.
Emre Can (6th) and Jadon Sancho (16th) met in regular time for Dortmund.
Julian Justvan (79th) and Prince Osei Owusu (90th + 7th) saved Paderborn in a dramatic final phase but in extra time.
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Before the penalty, Erling Haaland had scored the alleged 3: 1 for BVB (90 + 4), but referee Tobias Stieler did not give the goal according to the video images and instead decided on a penalty for the second division team because of a foul in the Dortmund penalty area.
Haaland's decisive goal (95th) withstood a minute-long offside check in extra time.
Bremen won 2-0 (1-0) against the Paderborn league rivals SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
Kevin Möhwald (12th) and Felix Agu (73rd) scored for the Bundesliga club.
Leverkusen embarrassed itself in the constant rain in Essen.
"It's a bitter defeat and a shitty feeling, but it has to go on," said goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.
«After the 1-0 win, we might have thought it was over.
That was the biggest mistake.
Everyone is in there.
That shouldn't happen to us. "
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Leon Bailey (105th) initially scored for Bayer, but Oguzhan Kefkir (108th) and Simon Engelmann (118th) ensured that Essen remained unbeaten in the 33rd competitive game within a year.
Before that, the traditional club and cup winner from 1953 had eliminated Arminia Bielefeld and Fortuna Düsseldorf.
"What we have achieved as a team, really unbelievable," said the outstanding Essen goalkeeper Daniel Davari at Sky close to tears of joy.
CEO Marcus Uhlig commented on the upcoming round, which will be drawn on Sunday (6.30 p.m.) by solo circumnavigator Boris Herrmann: "If there is still a beatable second division, I would like to have it."
Possibly Kiel - the North Germans had already passed in the second round against Bayern on penalties.
Janni Serra (58th) was successful against Darmstadt in regular time, Serdar Dursun (86th) scored for the guests, who then lost out on the point.
"It was a competitive game on equal terms," said Holstein trainer Ole Werner.
"In the penalty shootout, the happier team wins at the end of the day."
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