Guido Burgstaller scored 16 goals in 21 competitive games for St. Pauli. Today, the 25-time ÖFB team player is targeting Dortmund with the leaders of the second German Bundesliga in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup (8:30 p.m., ARD).
“We’ll try to scam chances,” said St. Pauli coach Timo Schultz. Dortmund is a “blatant favorite”. “For us speaks that we have a great team.” Burgstaller made a significant contribution to the astonishing development: In the pre-season he was still out in the fall due to kidney problems, St. Pauli was second to last at the turn of the year. The race to catch up began in the spring, and Burgstaller scored eleven goals to safely stay up in tenth place.
In the current season, the high flight continued. After 19 rounds, the leader of the table has a four-point lead over third-placed Heidenheim, who would be playing for promotion given the current status in the relegation.
St. Pauli has been unbeatable at home so far: only Kiel took a draw with them, the remaining eight league games at the Millerntor Stadium were won. “Our series is impressive, we calculate a bit at home,” said Schultz. “Dortmund are attractive opponents who almost only have national players and even world champions in their squad. If you manage to stress them out and put them under pressure and you manage to prevent them from downplaying their boots, then you’ve already won a lot .”
Haaland is looking forward to St. Pauli
At Dortmund, Erling Haaland not only dictates the headlines because of his goals. Most recently he criticized the pressure from Borussia in terms of contract extension. “It’s not a big issue for us. This situation isn’t new, there’s constant speculation. So I’m really relaxed about it,” said coach Marco Rose. “I spoke to Erling – about football. That’s the only thing that interests me. He’s looking forward to the cup game.”
Source: Nachrichten
