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Richmond Tachie celebrates after his goal to make it 2-0

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1. FC Kaiserslautern is in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup for the first time in ten years. The second division team won the quarter-finals at Hertha BSC 3-1 (2-0), the goals were scored by Jan Elvedi (5th minute), Richmond Tachie (38th) and Filip Kaloc (69th). Fabian Reese's goal came too late (90+1).

Lautern is the second second division team in the round of the last four. On Tuesday evening, Fortuna Düsseldorf had already prevailed in a penalty shootout against FC St. Pauli. The remaining two quarter-finals will take place next week, on Tuesday Bayer Leverkusen welcomes VfB Stuttgart (8.45 p.m., TV: Das Erste), and the next day Borussia Mönchengladbach will face third division team 1. FC Saarbrücken (8.45 p.m., TV: ZDF). .

The guests surprised Hertha with an early goal from a free-kick cross from the right half of the field, although the situation initially appeared to be defused. The ball came flat back into the penalty area, where Elvedi remained unmarked and, after receiving the ball briefly, shot into the left corner (5th).

Hertha only had half chances through Haris Tabakovic (25th) and a shot from Derry Scherhant (37th) before Lautern followed up. The ball was won on the halfway line, captain Marlon Ritter served Tachie, who shot from half-right and from about 16 meters away and hit the far corner (38th). Florian Niederlechner almost brought Hertha close again had Elvedi not intervened at the last moment (40th).

Reese brings momentum to Hertha's offense

The first scene after the restart also belonged to Kaiserslautern, Ritter moved in from the left and shot just over the goal (47th). On Hertha's side, substitute Reese crossed to Tabakovic, who missed the connection from close range (48'). Reese, match winner in the round of 16 against HSV, was recently out due to a corona infection, which is why he did not play from the start.

With Reese on the pitch, the Berliners built up more pressure than in the first half. Again and again they came dangerously into the attacking third, but then there was a knockout because substitute Andreas Bouchalakis made a bad pass in his own half, which Lautern's Kaloc used to make it 3-0 (69th). Reese's late goal changed nothing (90+1).

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