Bayern Munich and Dortmund are the leading championship candidates, and in this round, both teams only have to meet much lower-rated opponents. However, that does not meаn they can easily win.

Even though they had to be guests, against the opponent, the team in the 3rd division Saarbrucken, Bayern Munich was still ready to dominate the match, and they soon opened the score in the 16th minute thanks to Thomas Muller. However, after that, subjective play made the away team pay the price.

Just before the first half ended, Kim Min Jae’s mistake created conditions for Patrick Sontheimer to score a 1-1 equalizer. In the second half, Bayern Munich rushed forward looking for more goals but were unsuccessful. Not only that, right at the last minute of ιnjury time, they also let Marcel Gaus kιck into the net for the second time.

Losing 1-2 on aggregate, Bayern Munich stopped in the second round of the German National Cup, and this was the third time they were eliminated in this round in the last 4 seasons.

In another notable match, Dortmund had to work hard to get at least a 1-0 victory at home against Hoffenheim. The only goal of the match was scored by Marco Reus in the 43rd minute. Hoffenheim’s defeat became even sadder when their defender Ozan Kabak also received a red card at the end of the match.