FC St. Pauli demonstrated on Tuesday evening how to successfully annoy a higher-class opponent. The leaders of the second division defeated the big favorites from Dortmund 2-1 thanks to a passionate performance – and deservedly made it into the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. Hannover 96 want to show the same virtues in the home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Wednesday (6.30 p.m.) and thus ensure the next big surprise in the cup.
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The Reds should play “bravely and actively” – coach Christoph Dabrowski expressly requested that in advance. After all, you have “nothing to lose against a team that is on the top shelf in the Bundesliga”. In the league, 96 often gets the role of favourites, it’s definitely different against the foals. Maybe Hanover can play something more freely and actually trip the big favorite. They finally managed this feat as a second division team against Gladbach 30 years ago – back then they even crowned themselves DFB Cup winners in the final…
You can find everything about the Reds and the cup game against Borussia Mönchengladbach here.