DFB Pokal 2013-14, First Round: Schalke, Bayern Munich move on to the second round

Regensburg jumped out to an early 1-0 in the 19th minute on the foot of Abdenour Amachaibou. He received a pass in the box from Jim-Patrick Müller and beat Daniel Haas. Unfortunately for Regensburg, Union came right back down the field just two minutes later and grabbed an equalizer from Soren Brandy’s shot. Brandy went from scorer to provider in the 42nd minute. His cross was headed in by Benjamin Köhler and Union would hold on throughout the second half to advance.

They may have been relegated from the 2.Bundesliga for not getting their license together in time, but Duisburg came out fired up for the match. They jumped into a lead in the 31st minute. Kevin Wolze laid the ball back to Michael Gardawski who hit the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. Their advantage was short lived. Paderborn took the lead in the 37th and 38th minutes with goals from Daniel Brückner and Rick ten Voorde. Duisburg controlled the match but struggled to find the equalizer. The next goal came in the 80th minute, but it was once again from Paderborn. Jens Wemmer grabbe another goal in the 80th minute to make it 3-1. Filip Orsula pulled one back for Duisburg in stoppage time, but it was not to be on the day.

Greuther Fürth received a goal in the first half from Zsolt Korcsmar and a goal in the second half from Nikola Djurdjic to beat Oberliga (5th division) side Pfeddersheim 2-0.

Robin Dutt’s tenure as Werder Bremen manager has started in an awful way with a 3-1 loss to 3.Liga side Saarbrücken. The underdogs started the scoring just before halftime. Nils Fischer got onto a score sheet after Sebastian Mielitz was slow to react. Werder pulled level in the 59th minute after a corner kick from Mehmet Ekici. The ball was loose in the area, and Sebastian Prödl was on hand to knock it in the back of the net. It wasn’t until extra time that someone hit the back of the net again. Tim Stegerer grabbed a goal in the stoppage time of the first period of extra time. With Werder pressing forward during the second period of extra time, Saarbrücken hit them on the counter Marcel Ziemer finished them off in the 112th minute.

New signing Tamas Hajnal opened the scoring for Ingolstadt in the 15th minute with a direct free kick. FCI made it 2-0 just before halftime. Christian Eigler’s shot deflected off the crossbar, and Ümit Korkmaz was on hand to head in the rebound. With a 0-2 deficit, it wasn’t determined exactly how Baumberg would respond. Well, they responded in the 53rd minute. Uwe Brüggemann headed in a corner from Sebastian Schweers to cut Ingolstadt’s lead to one. Baumberg kept pushing for an equalizer, but their hopes were dashed in the 77th minute when Caiuby scored to make it 3-1 and basically end all hope. Manuel Schaffler would add another goal before the end of the match.

Bayer Leverkusen jumped out to an early 1-0 in the 5th minute thanks to Lars Bender, but Lippstadt quickly responded a minute later through Benjamin Kolodzig to level the score. However, Leverkusen added two more before the end of the half to make it 3-1. Sidney Sam and Stefan Kießling were the goalscorers. The second half was much more of the same with Heung-Min Son, Sam, and Kießling scoring in the second half to put the match to bed.

Augsburg jumped out a very quick lead with a goal after only five minutes. Raphael Holzhauser, on loan from Stuttgart, sent in a corner kick and Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker jumped above everyone and headed it into the back of the net for the early lead. The match morphed into a really strong midfield battle, while Leipzig were content to settle back and counter. Leipzig kept fighting in the second half but were unable to break down the Augsburg defense. The hosts finally slipped and conceded their second. Jan Moravek played a cross in to Halil Altintop who slotted it past Fabio Coltorti for the 2-0 advantage. Augsburg played out the remainder of the game an advanced in the tournament.

We didn’t get past the first day of the Pokal before a match went to penalties this year. It took a little while, but 1860 finally began to grab control of the match and exert their will; however, goals were hard to come by for them. Benjamin Lauth spearheaded the 1860 attack, but Rouven Sattelmaier was up to the challenge in the Heidenheim goal. 1860 grabbed the advantage just after the start of the second half. Bobby Wood laid a great cross into Moritz Stoppelkamp, and the midfielder tapped it over the line for the 1-0 lead. As the match wore on, Heidenheim threw everything forward looking for a tying goal. It was in stoppage time, but they found it. Tim Göhlert converted Marc Schnatterer’s corner, and the match went to extra time and penalties, where 1860 found a way to advance.

Bayern Munich wrap up the round with a Monday contest against BSV Schwarz-Weib Rehden, a club whose stadium holds 4,350 people, only 350 of those seated. That is how Bayern will kick off their treble defense.

First round schedule

The 2013-2014 version of the DFB Pokal kicks off on Friday evening, and like most years, we’ll get a lot of Bundesliga clubs against a lot of amateur and semipro clubs. Last year’s champions Bayern Munich will open up the tournament in the final game on Monday afternoon when they travel to face BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden. Borussia Dortmund will also be on the road, like every top flight club, as they play SV Wilhelmshaven. Why did I point out those two matches? Well, those are the two that ESPN has deemed worth to put on ESPN3.com for those of us in the United States to watch. The rest will have be found using other ways.

However, like any great cup competition, what we care about in the first round of the event are the upsets. Who are the clubs that need to be wary of an upset? Here are my top five.