That was close. Second division FC St. Pauli has trembled in the second round of the DFB Cup. On Saturday, coach Timo Schultz's team struggled to a 4:3 (2:2) at regional league club SV Straelen. Only a billiard goal by Jakov Medic in the last minute of regular time gave the guests the mandatory victory. Eric Smith (25th), Medic (40th) and substitute David Otto (63rd) had previously scored for the favorite. Manolis Saliakas saw the red card in the 77th minute for rough play.
The Lower Rhine fourth division team of club boss Hermann Tecklenburg, the husband of women's national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, surprisingly took the lead through Jaron Vicario (19th). Until then, the guests had missed several good chances.
Straelen even had a great chance to make it 2-0, but Ken Mata carelessly missed it (22'). But even after St. Pauli had turned the game around, coach Sunday Oliseh's team didn't give up and equalized shortly after the 1-2 through Amoros Nshimirimana (42nd).
In the second round, St. Pauli initially played more dominantly, but got into trouble again after being sent off hard. Again Vicario (80th) used a bitter mistake by St. Pauli keeper Dennis Smarsch to equalize again. In the 90th minute Smith then fired a free kick against the post from which the ball bounced off Medic's back and happily into the goal in front.
VfL Bochum, on the other hand, did not show any weaknesses and made it through to the second round of the DFB Cup. Coach Thomas Reis' team won 3-0 (2-0) at regional league club Viktoria Berlin on Saturday. In front of 5573 spectators in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, the goals of Simon Zoller (18th minute) and Takuma Asano (22nd) provided clarity early on. Newcomer Philipp Hofmann made it 3-0 (65th). The Berlin state cup winner fought, but was too often overwhelmed with the game of the Ruhr area club.
Bochum's coach relied on almost the same team that started the last friendly against Antalyaspor (6-2). Only Jannes Horn was new in the starting XI. However, the newcomer from 1. FC Köln had to be replaced injured in the 27th minute. The Ukrainian Ivan Ordets started in central defense and, as already indicated by Reis, made his competitive debut for VfL.
At the regional league, coach Semih Keskin fielded an extremely young team. Only two players in the starting lineup were older than 23 years. The third division relegated has a massive upheaval behind it. That was evident from the start on the field. At first, VfL became dangerous mainly after corner kicks. In the 18th minute Kevin Stöger then sent Gerrit Holtmann into the penalty area with a nice pass. The 27-year-old played low to Zoller, who pushed the ball in from a good eleven yards.
The Bochum came into the game better and better and on other occasions. The defenders of the Berliners were too often not close enough to their opponents. Asano completed a nice combination on submission by Hofmann to make it 2-0. In the 36th minute, Christopher Theisen missed Viktoria's great chance to score the goal. The Berliners became bolder after the break, but ran into a counterattack that Hofmann completed after a cross from Zoller to make the final decision.
