Topic: Germany DFB Cup 2023/2024 - Discussion and Prediction - page 2. (Read 986 times)

Well, as the saying goes, the Pokal writes it's own stories.
Normally I don't really follow the DFB cup because often enough it's a snooze fest with always the often the same teams going to the last 8 or 4, but this year we have seen so many surprises, it's refreshing.

Saarbrücken alone, as a 3rd tier team, has kicked out 3 teams from the 1st Bundesliga, that's quite impressive. Especially because one of them was FC Bayern Munich.

Now they face Kaiserslautern from the 2nd Bundesliga, which is also not impossible. Actually it's the easiest draw in the past 4 rounds, haha.

the last semi-finalist has now been decided.
the club from the 3rd league fc saarbrücken defeated the bundesliga club bor. mönchengladbach 2-1 today and continue their fairytale in this cup competition. the winning goal to 2-1 was scored in the 90+3 minute

yesterday evening the semi-finals of the dfb-cup were also drawn. leverkusen have a home game against düsseldorf and can dream even more about the first ever double in the club's history after yesterday's 3-0 win against bayern
the second club from the 2nd bundesliga (kaiserslautern) will play against the winner of the saarbrücken vs. mönchengladbach match at home - this match will now be made up on march 12th

Its so amazing with third Bundesliga competition team Saarbrücken still in DFB Pokal quarter final round, their achievement lead until quarter final so excited from second round eliminated favorite team Bayern Munich and 16 of round another Bundesliga team Frankfurt have been eliminated. Current schedule seems has postponed match in quarter final for Saarbrücken vs Gladbach but regarding their result success eliminating top Bundesliga teams seems optimistic for quarter final will eliminate Gladbach.

Unbelievable with DFB Pokal cup quarter final matches result, there are have Bundesliga 2 team Fortuna Düsseldorf have qualified to semifinal round and FC Kaiserslautern get one spot in semifinal after eliminating Hertha Berlin. Right now only one Bundesliga team have qualified to semifinal is Bayern Leverkusen and seems favorable team become the winner DFB Pokal Cup season 2023/24.

Wow. Saarbrücken is still in the DFB Cup. Who would have thought that? Joking aside. No quarter-final match in Saarbrücken due to the weathercondition. Too much rain made the pitch too wet. The players of both teams had already warmed up, all the fans were on their place despite the rain and 8 minutes before kick-off the match was cancelled. Very disappointing for the fans. The cancellation could have been announced earlier.

Yeah it was the expected "final" in the quarterfinal phase. Both teams deserved to win but Leverkusen had the final punch.
Now the road for the title is wide open for them considering the rest of the teams in the cup.
Worst case scenario they can face Mönchengladbach in the semis or the final, the rest is 2nd and 3rd tier teams.

But of course it's always tricky when everyone expects you to win it now. We have seen plenty of surprises in the cup this year, maybe there is gonna be a final one waiting for us as well.

Stuttgart played a great game. They were ahead twice, but Leverkusen made a coming back. I would have liked to have seen extra time. Leverkusen would probably have played more offensively and Stuttgart would have waited for counterattacks. But Leverkusens goal in the last minute opened the door to the final wide open.
Tonight there will be the quarter-final match number 4 between Saarbrücken and Mönchengladbach.

this season leverkusen is doing very well, they are at the top of the table in the bundesliga and have not had any defeats, and they are also doing very well in the Germany DFB Cup, in this game against Stuttgart, it was a game in which leverkusen started losing, after 11 minutes they conceded a goal and the game ended the 1 half with Stuttgar's victory, one could even think that Stuttgart could come out with victory in that game, but in the 2 half Leverkusen came in better and managed to score a goal from a very early draw, but Leverkusen's party only lasted 8 minutes because Stuttgart scored a goal in the 58th minute and with that they took an advantage in the game, but something funny happened after that, and Leverkusen scored a goal 8 minutes after conceding too and with that the game was tied

and when I thought the game would end in a draw, Leverkusen managed to score the third goal and with that they won the game, I see Leverkusen conceding a lot of goals in this cup, but they have also managed to score a lot of goals, if Leverkusen reaches the final I see them being champion. Because to be honest, I don't see the other teams in this competition being strong enough to beat Leverkusen. That's why in my opinion Leverkusen will be the champion of this cup, Leverkusen's next game will be against Bayern in a Bundesliga game, a very important game for Leverkusen and if they win they could this season win this cup and win the Bundesliga

I've envisaged the week as a challenging one for Leverkusen, as they've two important games, today's game and Bayern in the Bundesliga. Xavi Alonso's men have just scaled through one of the hurdles by beating Stuttgart 3-2, taking the Die Werkself to the DFK porkal cup final in a goal thrilling encounter. Leverkusen fell behind twice but after cancelling Stuttgart's goal the second time, a goal from Tah in extra time of 90 min proved to be the decider.

Leverkusen : Stuttgart 3:2

wooow. that was a very exciting match tonight. stuttgart played great and fought well. but it wasn't enough. in the end leverkusen won 3:2 and are now in the semi-finals.
tomorrow the last quarter-final match saarbrücken against mönchengladbach. maybe it will be a great match with lots of goals.

Ideally, the quarter final match between Leverkusen versus Stuttgart would be better to just take place in the final. However, this is the start for Leverkusen to increase their chances of winning a trophy, clearly the Bundesliga trophy is much more difficult to win because Bayern Munich will not let that happen easily. If Leverkusen manages to finish the match by beating Stuttgart, then it is almost certain that Xabi Alonso squad will win the DFB Pokal trophy this season. Because we see that the other remaining contestants are considered easy opponents, but that doesn't mean they can be underestimated.

On paper, I quite believe Leverkusen can beat Stuttgart, and continue their positive trend of being unbeaten in the various competitions they have participated in this season. Even though the goal margin not reach 3, I don't think it's a big problem, the important thing is that they can advance to the semifinals, that's enough. The lineup has been confirmed, and we will see whether the predictions will be completely correct, or even if Leverkusen will suffer their first defeat of the season.

yes. something like that really only happens very rarely . i think that leverkusen will win the match today with 3:1 or 4:1 . they have more quality in the team and xavi will make the team really hot . so leverkusen can at least win a title . because german champion will certainly be fc bayern munich again like every year . and vizekusen won't make it again .
but tomorrow .... saarbrücken will create a sensation again ? that would really be a small miracle if mönchengladbach also loses against saarbrücken

To be honest, I also don't have a definite choice about which team will win this match because yes, at least Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart are still in a good trend so far. Also, regarding the results they have in head to head this season, in fact the match between them in the Bundesliga also ended in a draw. However, because this match will be played at BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen's home ground then yes, perhaps the factor of playing at home will make Bayer Leverkusen succeed in winning and advancing to the semifinals.

Because yes, if I consider the teams in this quarter-finals, at least Bayer Leverkusen is still the best team when considering the results they have had so far this season in the Bundesliga. Because after all, apart from Stuttgart, at least there is still Monchengladbach there, but yes, if for example Bayer Leverksuen manages to beat Stuttgart in this match, then it is very likely that Bayer Leverkusen will meet Monchengladbach in the final later. Therefore, because of a very good opportunity like this, it looks like Bayer Leverkusen will maximize this moment to win and get the trophy at the DFB Pokal this season.

Tonight is the top game and the quarter-final match number 3 between Leverkusen and Stuttgart and many would have liked to watch this match in the final. Both teams won their last game in the Bundesliga. I hope it will be an exciting game. Maybe we will even see a penalty shootout. After that, there will only be one team left from Bundesliga 1. Exciting DFB Cup this year.

congratulations to kaiserslautern . personally i didn't expect kaiserslautern to win in berlin . a full stadiun , 64k hertha fans and then lost .
that's a damn shame for the berlin team . but the 10k fans from kaiserslautern could celebrate before , during and after the game .
now one more win in the semi final and kaiserslautern can go to berlin again

a meeting that is too early, because the remaining strong teams are only leverkusen and stutgart. whoever wins the leverkusen vs stutgart match will become the dfb pokal champion. one more is still moenchengladbargh. my prediction is that leverkusen can win the match against stutgart even though the match will run very tightly.

This year's DFC cup really is special.
I don't think there have ever been 4 2nd league and 1 3rd league team in the final 8. And since the 4 2nd league teams played each other yesterday maybe there have never been 2 semi finalists from that league as well.
Would be so funny if one of those 2nd league teams would get a spot in a European cup next season.
Still a lot has to happen for this to come true but only having a chance is big.

I am not a fan of Kaiserslautern but I am a fan of teams with a long tradition in German football, and FCK is one of those teams for sure.

Unlucky for Leverkusen & Stuttgart they are facing each other. Every other team would have been some kind of a "walk in the park" but since Stuttgart is one of the top teams this year and Leverkusen is still unbeaten in German football this is the early final in this year's cup.

Hertha Berlin have been knocked out from the DFB Cup. They lost 1:3 against Kaiserslautern in their own stadium. Kaiserslautern now have the opportunity to play in the final in the Olympiastadion again.
Kaiserslautern deserved to win this match. But it was also a very boring game in many phases in the first half.
The other two quarter-final matches will take places next week.

first st.pauli wins in the 2.bundesliga with 2:1 in düsseldorf and a short time later düsseldorf wins in hamburg in the dfb cup . it's a bit crazy .
but the cup has some surprises like every year . maybe there are even 2. second division teams and no bundesliga club . tonight the match in berlin's olympia stadium .
i'm curious if hertha bsc will make it to the semi-finals . that would be a great success for the berlin team . then one more win and they'll be in the final in their home stadium.

Düsseldorf won the quarter-final between St. Pauli and Düsseldorf. The game was pretty boring because both teams waited for the other to make mistakes. As a result both goals between the 90 minutes were only scored from penalties. Düsseldorf led in extra time and St. Pauli made it into the penalty shoot-out with the very last chance in minute 120. But they lost that.
So I cannot say that the better team won. It was the team that was better at doing penalties.