BERLIN – Bundesliga giants Schalke and Bayer Leverkusen
progressed to the second round of the German Cup on Saturday but
Mainz and Augsburg suffered shock exits.
David Wagner won his first competitive match as Schalke coach 5-0 at
Drochtersen/Assel while Leverkusen beat Alemannia Aachen 4-1.
Mainz were stunned 2-0 by fallen giants Kaiserslautern, now in the
third division, while Augsburg were embarrassed 2-1 at fourth-tier
Verl. Freiburg and Fortuna Dusseldorf survived via extra-time.
Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen are in action later Saturday while
Borussia Dortmund won 2-0 away to Uerdingen on Friday. Champions
Bayern Munich start at Energie Cottbus on Monday.
Schalke emerged to a section of their support showing red cards in
protest against perceived racist comments made by advisory board
chairman Clemens Toennies but showed focus on the pitch.
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— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en)
Minnows Drochtersen/Assel, who held Bayern Munich to just a single
goal last year, resisted for 44 minutes before Steven Skrzybski
tapped in the opener.
Guido Burgstaller and Daniel Caligiuri, from the spot, Munir Mercan
and Burgstaller again made the tie safe in the second half as the
fourth-tier side tired.
Leverkusen needed an own goal from Peter Hackenberg to break the
deadlock before Kevin Volland doubled their lead in Aachen.
The former Bundesliga hosts replied via Stipe Batarilo after the
break but Leon Bailey ensured there would be no upset and Kai Havertz
added gloss to the scoreline.
There were shocks though as Mainz fell to local rivals and four-time
German champions Kaiserslautern thanks to Manfred Starke's penalty
and Florian Pick's late strike at a rocking Betzenberg.
"We had many chances and should have been two or three up at half
time," said Mainz midfielder Danny Latza. "We need to work harder
after conceding."
Augsburg had an early let off with a Verl goal being ruled out for
offside but a rebound deflected off Marek Suchy to give the hosts the
lead. Ron Schallenberg made it two with a goal which should have been
disallowed for offside but with no video assistance at this stage it
stood.
Andre Hahn's penalty set up a frantic finale but the top-flight team
could not find an equalizer.
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— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en)
Villingen of the fifth-tier were seeking to make the second round for
the first-time ever and led Fortuna Dusseldorf through Steven Ukoh's
penalty but Nana Ampomah took the game to extra-time.
Teenager Kelvin Ofori and veteran Rouwen Hennings, either side of
Tobias Weisshaar's red card, settled the match 3-1 in Fortuna's
favour.
Freiburg also needed the additional period after being held goalless
at third division Magdeburg with Luca Waldschmidt eventually seeing
them through 1-0.
Other results were Viktoria Berlin 0-1 Arminia Bielefeld, Wacker
Nordhausen 1-4 Erzgebirge Aue and Dassendorf 0-3 Dynamo Dresden.