3rd-tier Saarbrucken’s German Cup dream alive

Football

Third-division Saarbrucken scored a stoppage-time winner to stun Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 on Tuesday and reach the German Cup semifinals.

The hosts, who came back from a goal down against the Bundesliga club, had also eliminated Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt in earlier rounds of the competition.

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The visitors took an early lead with Robin Hack‘s low drive but it lasted only three minutes with Amine Naifi benefitting from a lucky bounce to get the ball and fire in from 18 metres for an 11th-minute equaliser.

Saarbrucken’s Kai Bruenker then struck deep in second-half stoppage time with a shot from just inside the box to set up a semifinal against Kaiserslautern.

Bayer Leverkusen take on second division Fortuna Duesseldorf in the other semifinal next month.

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