Sandhausen defeats KSC on penalties
Created: 2022-10-19 21:07
Karlsruhe's Tim Breithaupt (l) in action against Sandhausen's Merveille Papela.
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With a hard-fought victory in the penalty-kick thriller against Karlsruher SC, second-division soccer team SV Sandhausen made it into the round of 16 of the DFB Cup for the first time since the 2016/17 season.
Almost 10:9 (2:2, 2:2, 2:0) after penalties, the hosts defeated KSC on Wednesday after an initially playful 2:0 lead.
KSC defender Marcel Franke failed with his unplaced penalty shot by substitute SVS goalkeeper Nikolai Rehnen.
Sandhausen - All shooters before had met.
After an own goal by KSC defender Stephan Ambrosius (8th minute) and a successful long-range shot by Alexander Schirow (44th), it looked like the SVS would progress quite confidently for almost an hour.
But thanks to a converted hand penalty from Marvin Wanitzek (58th) and a long-range shot from Tim Breithaupt (72nd), KSC equalized the second division duel in front of 8644 spectators.
For Sandhausen, which is only about 45 kilometers away from Karlsruhe, the game against the slightly favored league rivals had started well.
When trying to clear a harmless cross from Philipp Ochs, KSC central defender Ambrosius lifted the ball over goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck into his own goal.
Franke played alongside the Ghanaian from the start just a week after his stem cell donation.
A mistake by the 29-year-old almost conceded a second goal a few minutes later: Franke, who apart from that played a good game, hit the ball. SVS offensive player Christian Kinsombi missed the chance to make it 2-0.
That happened shortly before the break, when substitute captain Schirow executed with his left hand from around 20 meters after Gersbeck's fist defense failed.
Last season, KSC only lost on penalties in the quarter-finals at Hamburger SV.
This time, the hand penalty caused by Merveille Papela and Breithaupt's celebrated 2:2 caused excitement.
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