DFB Cup
Stuttgart and Hertha continued without problems
VfB Stuttgart won the Baden-Württemberg duel at TSG Balingen. photo
© Marijan Murat/dpa
VfB Stuttgart has advanced to the second round of the DFB Cup. Bundesliga relegated Hertha is also further.
VfB Stuttgart has successfully started the season and is in the second round of the drawn into the DFB Cup.
The Bundesliga soccer team easily defeated the fourth division team TSG Balingen away 4-0 (3-0). In the Swabian duel, Enzo Millot gave the three-time cup winner the lead in the 25th minute. In addition, Silas (34′), Serhou Guirassy (43′) and captain Wataru Endo (55′) scored in front of 13,400 spectators in the sold-out Reutlingen stadium. The game was moved to Reutlingen because the arena in Balingen is too small for the cup competition. After its DFB Cup premiere, regional league club TSG can console itself with an income in the lower six-digit euro range over the defeat.
Hertha wins in Jena
Bundesliga relegated Hertha BSC survived the first round without any problems. After the false start in the 2nd Bundesliga, the Berliners prevailed 5-0 (1-0) at the regional league club FC Carl Zeiss Jena and celebrated their highest victory in the cup competition for 20 years. Palko Dardai (6th minute), Haris Tabakovic (47th), Marco Richter (49th/52nd) and Filip Uremovic (59th) scored in front of 11,800 spectators in the sold-out Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld. Last season, Hertha, as the Bundesliga club at the time, lost in the first round on penalties at second division side Eintracht Braunschweig. After being relegated to the Bundesliga, the Dardai team started the second division with 1-0 defeats against Fortuna Düsseldorf and Wehen Wiesbaden.