FC Saarbrücken have been the opening act of this season in the German Cup, managing to knock out four important teams from the top two leagues en route to the semi-finals.

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“Saarbrücken” defeated “Monchengladbach” and reached the semi-finals of the German Cup

A small team from the German Saarland FC Saarbrücken, occupying the ninth place in the third league, again appeared in the German Cup.

After Karlsruher, Bayern Munich and Frankfurt, it was Mönchengladbach’s turn to be eliminated from the quarter-finals of the competition.

Although the Bundesliga side opened the scoring in the 8th minute through Heck, Naifi equalized three minutes later and Brunker struck in the third minute of added time.

FC Saarbrücken, coached by Rudiger Ziel and with a ticket price of €6.6 million, are specialists in the German Cup, reaching the semi-finals four years ago.

And the path to the final does not seem impossible, because in the penultimate act of the competition, they will meet the team of the relegation zone to the second division “Kaiserslautern”.

In the other semi-final of the German Cup, the leading Leverkusen will meet with Dusseldorf.