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Berlin (AP) - The sailor Boris Herrmann pulled a spicy Bundesliga duel for the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup at the draw: Borussia Mönchengladbach welcomes Borussia Dortmund in the West-Kracher.
The game is all the more explosive, especially since Gladbach's coach Marco Rose is under discussion as a coach at BVB for the next season.
In another first division duel, the second in the table plays against the third: RB Leipzig has home rights against VfL Wolfsburg.
"This is a very explosive encounter that sounds like the finale," commented Gladbach's Christoph Kramer.
«We are happy that we played a home game.
Lately we have shown that we are capable of beating Dortmund at home. "
Gladbach's sports director Max Eberl said: "There could certainly have been easier tickets."
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At least one lower-class club makes it to the semi-finals of the DFB Cup.
That much is certain after the draw, because the regional soccer team Rot-Weiss Essen welcomes the second division Holstein Kiel in the last eight.
"I'm not unhappy," commented Essen's coach Christian Neidhardt on the draw on Sunday during the ARD's "Sportschau" in Cologne.
In the fourth game, the second division SSV Jahn Regensburg will host the first division Werder Bremen.
The four games will take place on March 2nd and 3rd.
The semi-finals are scheduled for May 1st and 2nd, the final is on May 13th in Berlin.
“We wanted a second division team,” said Essen's coach Neidhard, but emphasized that his team was “an outsider in every game”.
The Essen team surprisingly threw Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 after extra time on Tuesday.
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Regarding the role of the Holsteiner, the RWE coach said: "Kiel also has something to lose."
After defeating the defending champions FC Bayern Munich in the previous round, “you don't want to lose against a fourth division”.
As with the sensational success against Bayern, Kiel had also prevailed against second division rivals Darmstadt 98 on penalties and reached the quarter-finals with a 7: 6.
«Two surprise teams from the current competition meet.
We're looking forward to the game, ”said KSV coach Ole Werner.
“Playing against Wolfsburg for the fifth time in our young cup history is already a tradition”, commented RB sports director Markus Krösche on the second first division duel of the quarter-finals: “The draw against VfL Wolfsburg is not easy.
You're in a good mood at the moment and it's not for nothing that you are 3rd in the Bundesliga. »
Werder Bremen can hope for the semi-finals.
"Of course we would have preferred a home game like in the last two rounds, but we'll take it as it comes," said Werder manager Frank Baumann: "We won't underestimate Jahn Regensburg, but of course our goal is to get through."
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