The games of the second round of the DFB Cup have been drawn. Two first division duels are on the program. Hoffenheim receives promoted Schlake 04. And FC Bayern is challenged in its neighborhood.
Record winner FC Bayern Munich will face a competitor from the Bundesliga in the second round of the DFB Cup. The Munich team meet FC Augsburg away from home. That was the result of the draw on Sunday evening in the German Football Museum in Dortmund. Defending champions RB Leipzig meet Hamburger SV at home, last year’s finalists SC Freiburg host FC St. Pauli. Away, Borussia Dortmund is fighting for progress. Coach Edin Terzic’s team is challenged at Hannover 96.
Lübeck against Mainz, Paderborn against Bremen
Para swimmer Josia Topf, who was born without arms, knees and legs of two different lengths, made the draw using a soup ladle. He also gave the Stuttgarter Kickers an attractive lot. The Oberliga meets Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt at home. There is a Lower Saxony derby between second division promoted Eintracht Braunschweig and VfL Wolfsburg.
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VfB Lübeck – Mainz 05
SV Waldhof Mannheim – 1. FC Nuremberg
SV Elversberg vs. VfL Bochum
SV Sandhausen – Karlsruher SC
TSG Hoffenheim vs Schalke 04
VfB Stuttgart – Arminia Bielefeld
SC Paderborn 07 – Werder Bremen
Union Berlin – 1. FC Heidenheim
Jahn Regensburg – Fortuna Dusseldorf
SV Darmstadt 98 – Borussia Monchengladbach
The second main round will follow on October 18th and 19th, the other rounds will be played next year. The final in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium is scheduled for June 3rd.
Source: Stern

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