As a long-standing competition, the first tournament began in 1935, but Bayern, which has won the German Cup 20 times in this year's German Cup, has been eliminated from the upset, and the last champion Dortmund also lost to the Bundesliga team St. Pauli! The DFB-Pokal is now in the semi-finals, with the first two teams playing in the Bundesliga, Hamburg, and Freiburg, currently in fifth place in the Bundesliga.
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Do the math, Hamburg has been away from the Bundesliga for 4 years! On May 12, 2018, in the final round of the Bundesliga, even if they did their best to defeat the strong opponent Borussia Mönchengladbach, the team still completed the relegation after 54 years and 261 days after landing in the Bundesliga, to know that Hamburg used to be the team with the "King of the South" Bayern and known as the King of the North, but such a team that was once second only to Bayern is now sinking in the Bundesliga, and whenever they can be upgraded, they are starting to play tricks. With only four rounds left in the league this season, they are five points behind St. Pauli, who is in third place in the promotion play-offs, and perhaps have a glimmer of hope of promotion.
Freiburg have performed in the Bundesliga this season to most people's expectations, bearing in mind that they have been only a mid-tier Bundesliga team for the past few seasons, and now they have come to the 5th place and are a strong contender for this season's Bundesliga Champions League qualification! The team's excellent performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is an important reason why they have been able to achieve a breakthrough this season, and the attack ranks 6th in the Bundesliga and the defense 3rd, which is obviously deserved.
Race conditions
With the German Cup winner qualified for next season's Europa League, both teams are desperate to beat their opponents to reach the final. However, the opening Freiburg is obviously the better defensive side, even the hamburg home tsunami cheers can not interfere with the team, and in the 12th minute Freiburg instead of a turn of the attack scored a goal, corner kick attack using the physical advantage of No. 3 Linhart and Roland Sauroy to make a collision with the wall, and then the ball came to the back point Nils Peterson used the physical advantage to force the Hamburg player to push the ball into the net, and only 4 minutes later Freiburg attacked again Hamburg goalkeeper Hoyle and saved the ball. Freiburg midfielder Hoofler then fired a powerful shot into the net on the defender!
Hamburg's tragic experience at home did not end there, in the 34th minute after Freiburg attacking centre-back Niko Schrobeck fell to the ground, Hamburg's No. 3 centre-back Scholauer directly kicked his leg to his head to cause a penalty, and finally Griffe scored the penalty. Hamburg, who trailed by three goals, did not recover one goal until the last minute, when substitute defender Mannheim crossed the line and Glatzel scored a face-saving goal.
After the game
Leading the team to the final of the German Cup for the first time in history, Freiburg head coach Streiich, who has coached the team for 10 years, is already the team's godfather level coach, and the players after the game also hold him high to pay tribute, but the team's performance is afraid that their excellent players will be lost next season, especially the new star niko Stebeck in the back line, it is rumored that the new star has been recruited by Dortmund.