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Hertha BSC was eliminated from the DFB Cup in the first round. Against second division promotion Eintracht Braunschweig, Berlin lost 4: 5 (2: 3). Dodi Lukébakio (23 and 83 minutes), Matheus Cunha (29) and Peter Pekarik (65) scored for Hertha, Martin Kobylanski (2, 44 and 66), the professional of Hertha Maximilian, scored the goals of Braunschweig Mittelstädt with goal in Own goal (17th) and Suleiman Abdullahi (73rd).
It only took 63 seconds for the outsider to take the lead against Hertha BSC. Kobylanski, Eintracht’s top scorer last season, took a free kick from about 20 meters from a central position and shot it flat. With a lot of force and a touchdown just before the goal, he could not hold the shot in the left corner of Hertha goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow (2nd).
After a corner kick in the 14th minute, the ball landed at the feet of Matthew Leckie, who would have equalized, but a foot from Brunswick was still in the middle. Instead, the hosts rose to 2-0, hopefully after a corner kick. Jannis Nikolaou prevailed in the air, his header bouncing off Mittelstädts’ skull and entering the goal (17th).
But Hertha came back quickly: the connecting goal also fell from a corner kick. Cunha crossed the ball into the penalty area, where no Braunschweiger Lukébakios could avoid Lukébakios 1: 2 with a header (23). Just six minutes later, Cunha tied from the left wing. After a pass from Leckie, the Brazilian finished from an acute angle with the right inside in the long corner (29).
Again and again Kobylanski
The Berlin team fell again before the break as Yassin Ben Balla was unfairly knocked down by Karim Rekik in the penalty area. Schwolow initially got the penalty due from Kobylanski, but the Eintracht captain was first on the ball and grabbed the rebound over the line (44th).
In the second half, Hertha came very close to 3: 3 several times, but Leckie missed because of Eintracht goalkeeper Jasmin Fejzic (58th) and Cunha on the post (58th). Only when Cunha played hard in front of goal after a successful dribble in the penalty area did Peter Pekarik ride the ball into goal in the middle (65th).
But again it was Kobylanski who put Braunschweig ahead again: after Kaufmann’s preparatory work, the 26-year-old scored 4: 3 (67th) with a direct shot. Abdullahi increased his shot to 5: 3 (73.). Hertha arrived again, but the favorite did not achieve more than the connection goal to put the 4: 5 of Lukébakio.
Mainz 05 also struggled in the first round, although not as bad as Hertha. Against TSV Havelse, a regional league team, FSV fell behind before winning the match in the finals. In the end it was even 5: 1 (0: 1) for Mainz, the goals were scored by Jean-Philipp Mateta (57, 79 and 90), Adam Szalai (77) and Robin Quaison (86). For the outsider, Noah Plume scored in the 17th minute.
Havelse started the game against the Bundesliga club. There were first two yellow cards in a few minutes, a little later midfielder Deniz Cicek had to be replaced after a clash with Mainz’s Ridle Baku. Still, it was the loser who scored the first goal of the match. A pass on the left side leveraged Mainz’s defense, giving Kevin Schumacher plenty of time. He used this for a cross pass to the back area, where Plume only had to insert (17th).
Mateta hits three times
Shortly after the restart, Mainz goalkeeper Robin Zentner avoided the second goal with an outstanding save. Yannick Jaeschke shot from the right corner of the penalty area (50th). A little later the first division arrived after a good pass from Jean-Paul Boëtius to 1-1. On the right side, Mateta won the match against Niklas Tasky and hit the far corner with a low and low shot (57th). Mainz then increased the pressure, Havelse goalkeeper Norman Quindt (59th) initially avoided a second goal from Mateta.
In the last quarter of an hour it was clear: first, Szalai headed in after a Daniel Brosinski free kick (77), shortly after Mateta scored the decision with his second goal, before Quaison increased it to 4-1 with the following header (86).). Mateta even scored his third goal (90th).
