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Essen (AP) - fourth division club Rot-Weiss Essen has taken that of 1. FC Saarbrücken for example in its own cup fairy tale this season.
The Saarlanders had reached the semi-finals of the DFB Cup last year as the first fourth division in the history of the competition, Essen could follow with a victory in the quarter-finals on Wednesday against Holstein Kiel (6.30 p.m. / Sky).
"We saw Saarbrücken from the start as a possible blueprint," said CEO Marcus Uhlig in an interview with the German Press Agency.
And coach Christian Neidhart added: "I actually said to the team before the first cup game against Bielefeld: Saarbrücken is an ideal example of how it can work."
And in contrast to his statement after the round of 16 against Leverkusen that he had already booked the room in Berlin for May, that was “meant seriously.
If you get such a template, you can try to use it. "
Uhlig, who reached the semifinals with third division Bielefeld in 2015, also thinks of the role model that Saarbrücken and Arminia also rose in each season.
Essen wants that too.
When asked whether he would prefer winning the cup or promotion, Uhlig said: “Preferably both.
But if I had to decide, I would say very clearly: The ascent is above everything. "
In the cup, however, he “noticed very early that something was going to roll”.
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