The capital team continues to take positive steps in a great season. (AFP)
Union Berlin and Stuttgart became the first teams to qualify for the quarterfinals of the DFB Pokal, after defeating Wolfsburg and Paderborn (2nd), respectively, on Tuesday.
Revelation of the season in Germany, the union berlinsecond in the Bundesliga, continues his good run in the Cup, a tournament in which he only played the final once, losing it to Schalke in 2001.
The team from the capital began losing after the initial goal of Luca Waldschmidt for Wolfsburg (5 ‘), but robin knoche tied shortly after for the Berliners (12 ‘) and kevin behrens he completed the comeback in minute 79.
The locals ended up playing in inferiority after the Niko Giesselmann sent off (87 ‘), but Wolfsburg was unable to even force the tie.
In the other tie played this Tuesday, the stuttgart was close to being eliminated against a lower category team, Paderborn, who was classified until minute 86, when Gil Dias neutralized the initial goal of Konstantinos Mavropanos (3′).
in the discount, Serhou Guirassy (90+5′) gave the visitors the win.
On Wednesday they will play their match on Bayern Munichwho travels to the field of the Mainz 05and the leipzigdefending champion, who receives the Hoffenheim.
For the following week there will be the duel of the Borussia Dortmund in bochum (February 8), while the eintrachtanother of the teams that has gotten into the fight for the Bundesliga title, will receive the Darmstadtleader of the second division.
