Stuttgart had an important victory with 2-0 at home to eliminate Borussia Dortmund, while third-tier Saarbruecken, who previously caused a stir by defeating Bayern Munich, knocked out Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/p>\n
Dortmund, who had suffered a 2-1 defeat to Stuttgart at the same venue in November, were outperformed by the dominant home side. Stuttgart secured their victory with second-half goals from Serhou Guirassy and Silas In the German Cup last 16 on Wednesday,.<\/p>\n
Guirassy has now scored 18 goals in 13 games across all competitions this season.<\/p>\n
Following Guirassy\u2019s goal, English teenager Jamie Bynoe-Gittens found the net for Dortmund, but the effort was disallowed by VAR for offside.<\/p>\n
As Dortmund pushed for an equalizer, Stuttgart\u2019s striker Silas capitalized on some lax defending to score a second goal, cementing his team\u2019s progress to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
Having been eliminated in the last 16 in five of the past seven years, Dortmund, the winners in 2021, faced another disappointing exit.<\/p>\n
Shortly after Stuttgart\u2019s victory, Frankfurt, five-time German Cup winners, were also knocked out by Saarbruecken, conceding second-half goals to Kai Bruenker and Luca Kerber.<\/p>\n
A \u201cmega proud\u201d Saarbruecken coach Ruediger Ziehl expressed, \u201cthat\u2019s just crazy,\u201d while Bruenker, speaking to Sky Germany, said, \u201ctonight I\u2019ll enjoy a beer and we\u2019ll celebrate like beasts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frankfurt debutant Noel Futkeu was sent off late on for lashing out at defender Marcel Gaus just six minutes after coming on as a substitute.<\/p>\n
Eleventh in the third division, Saarbruecken defeated Bayern 2-1 at home in the second round last month.<\/p>\n
They advance to the quarter-finals alongside Bayer Leverkusen, who triumphed 3-1 at home over second-tier Paderborn. Despite having two goals disallowed for offside, Leverkusen easily overcame Paderborn, thanks to strikes from Victor Boniface, Exequiel Palacios, and Patrik Schick. Sebastian Klaas scored a late consolation goal for the visitors.<\/p>\n
Fortuna Duesseldorf, Borussia Moenchengladbach, St Pauli, and Kaiserslautern all secured their spots in the last eight on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Stuttgart have qualified to the next round as it progresses the chances of winning the DFB-Pokal which is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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