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In the DFB Cup semi-finals, 1. FC Kaiserslautern won 2-0 at 1. FC Saarbrücken and moved into the final of the DFB Cup. The live ticker for reading.
- 1. FC Saarbrücken against 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:2 (0:0)
- FCK makes the jump into… Final of the DFB Cup
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1. FC Saarbrücken against 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:2 (0:0)
END: The game is over, 1. FC Kaiserslautern is in the DFB Cup final in Berlin. In the end, the Palatinate team deserved to win against a weak Saarbrücken team who couldn’t match the performance of the previous rounds. FCK’s opponent in the final is Bayer Leverkusen or Fortuna Düsseldorf.
92nd minute: Substitute Biada misses the goal clearly.
| Schreiber – Thoelke, Zeitz, Boeder – Rizzuto, Kerber, Sontheimer, Gaus, Naifi, Rabihic – Brünker |
| Himmelmann – Toure, Tomiak, Elvedi, J. Zimmer, Puchacz – Redondo, Kaloc, Niehues, Ritter – Hanslik |
| 0:1 Ritter (53rd minute), 0:2 Toure (75th minute) |
90th minute: The injury time is four minutes.
89th minute: Saarbrücken presses, but cannot get through decisively against the now deep guest defense.
87th minute: The atmosphere in the guest block is great, no wonder, because the cup final in Berlin is only a few minutes away for FCK.
82nd minute: Brilliant save from Schreiber after a direct pass from Stojilkovic.
81st minute: Suddenly the big chance to connect, Brünker hammers the ball freely over Himmelmann’s box from eight meters.
80th minute: Ten minutes left as usual. Does Saarbrücken still have something up its sleeve?
75th minute: Goal for 1. FC Kaiserslautern! After a free kick from the half field, Almamy Toure heads the ball and puts it next to the post – 0:2!
72nd minute: Opoku with the chance to make it 0-2, but the offensive player doesn’t hit a cross correctly and misses the opportunity to make a preliminary decision.
66th minute: 1. FC Kaiserslautern is now doing it cleverly with the lead around the back. Saarbrücken has to go for the equalizer; the guests will have their chances on the counterattack as the game goes on.
62nd minute: Tactical foul by Zeitz, who has no chance of the ball on a counterattack and only wants to clear Opoku. The Saarbrücken man sees yellow for this.
60th minute: The game is significantly better than the first half. The hosts still have 30 minutes to at least equalize.
57th minute: Kaloc with a strong direct shot that goes just wide of the goal. The FCK is now here and wants to step up!
1. FC Saarbrücken against 1. FC Kaiserslautern: Guests take the lead
53rd minute: Goal for 1. FC Kaiserslautern! Toure crosses, Ritter heads the ball towards the goal and the harmless header goes through Schreiber’s legs. What a mistake by the goalkeeper!
50th minute: Yellow card for Gaus, who knocks Ritter off his feet near the halfway line.
48th minute: Kaiserslautern is more offensive in the first few minutes than in the entire first half. Kaloc tries it from around 22 meters, but aims exactly at Schreiber.
47th minute: By the way, both teams are unchanged.
46th minute: Let’s continue with the second half.
Halftime: Saarbrücken invests more, Kaiserslautern waits and doesn’t take the offensive at all. There were no chances to score in the entire first half, the game thrives solely on tension.
1. FC Saarbrücken against 1. FC Kaiserslautern: Intense semi-final in the DFB Cup
45th minute: Addition time is one minute.
41st minute: Now a free kick for Saarbrücken from the half field. Gaus finds Brünker, but his flying header clearly misses the goal. But the assistant referee’s flag went up anyway – offside.
37th minute: On the other hand, Tomiak gets a yellow card.
35th minute: Sontheimer with the first yellow card of the game.
32nd minute: The offensive player has to go out due to injury. Opoku is now in the game.
31st minute: Redondo sits on the grass and is treated. Will things continue for him or will Friedhelm Funkel have to change for the first time?
27th minute: The guests from the Palatinate now have more possession of the ball than in the initial phase, but they don’t do anything with it. Both defensive lines are good, but are not faced with any difficult tasks.
1. FC Saarbrücken against 1. FC Kaiserslautern: Hosts with more game shares
21st minute: The game is intense and characterized by numerous duels. In addition, referee Fritz repeatedly has to interrupt the game because of small fouls.
16th minute: In terms of football, it’s been very difficult so far in Saarbrücken’s Ludwigspark. None of the teams have been able to create scoring chances so far.
11th minute: Tomiak with a clear message to his keeper Himmelmann, who unchallengedly plays a ball into the opponent’s feet.
7th minute: Kaiserslautern stands deep in its own half in the early stages and leaves the field to the third division team. There is absolutely no sign of a class difference here.
4th minute: The first few minutes belong to the hosts, but it wasn’t dangerous yet. By the way, the atmosphere in this DFB Cup semi-final is excellent
1st minute: Kick-off in Ludwigspark, the game is underway.
Update from April 2nd, 8:37 p.m.: 1. FC Kaiserslautern opened the Fritz Walter Stadium for its fans this evening and set up screens. The whole Palatinate is trembling with the FCK that they will make it to the final in Berlin.
Update from April 2nd, 8:20 p.m.: It started to rain in Saarbrücken earlier. The course in Ludwigspark is in good condition – unlike in the previous rounds.
Update from April 2nd, 8:00 p.m.: Kaiserslautern head coach Friedhelm Funkel is tight-lipped about his tactics against Saarbrücken: “It’s a final. One to reach an endgame. In the league you can approach things differently. Of course I won’t reveal what I do differently.
First report: Saarbrücken – Im DFB Cup The first semi-final is coming up, in which 1. FC Saarbrücken meets 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The third division team has made a name for itself as a frightener in the current competition and wants to knock the next higher-class club out of the cup. So far, FC Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Mönchengladbach have already had to cancel their sails in Saarbrücken.
1. FC Saarbrücken vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern live today: Who will make it to the final?
In the past few rounds, the Ludwigspark pitch was always an issue, and its miserable condition even led to the game being cancelled. The quarter-final against Borussia Mönchengladbach had to be postponed and rescheduled at a later date. This time the weather should be kind to both teams and the fans. Although it rained again on the Monday after the pitch inspection, it was expected to remain largely dry on match day.
In order to protect the pitch, the DFB postponed the third division game against Rot-Weiss Essen that was scheduled for last Saturday. 4,000 holes were also punched into the lawn and filled with fine sand to absorb moisture. A huge tarpaulin was also placed over the lawn over Easter. The city said this was a sensible measure with which good experiences had already been made in the past.
Head coach Rüdiger Ziehl and his team, on the other hand, are purely concerned with sports. “The starting position is of course a little different than before the game against Bayern, where I put the chance at one percent. But the second division team is always the favorite in a game like this, even if the opposing coach may see it differently,” the FCS coach is quoted as saying on the club’s own website.
1. FC Saarbrücken against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the live ticker: Both teams want to go to Berlin
“For us, as in the previous rounds, we have to stay compact and disciplined. We saw in the early stages against Gladbach what can happen if we want to kick along a bit. The FCK put together a squad with which it wanted to play for promotion to the Bundesliga and invested considerable financial resources. “So a lot of things have to come together again for us so that we can win this game,” Ziehl continued.
But the guests from Kaiserslautern want to be the spoilsport. “Saarbrücken defended passionately, solved it brilliantly and made excellent use of their possession in the final seconds, playing in the right spaces. “But we’re thinking about how we structure the game right from the start,” said coach Friedhelm Funkel at the press conference. The experienced coach really wants to get to the final: “I associate a feeling of happiness with the cup and with Berlin. This is an incredibly great experience. There is a tension, a tingling feeling that is very special. I would like to experience that again, but Saarbrücken also wants to go to Berlin.” (smr)