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Two defensive lines in a direct duel: Munich's Dennis Erdmann (left) and Frankfurt's Martin Hinteregger
Photo: Jan Huebner / imago images / Jan Huebner
In the first round of the DFB Cup, third division club TSV 1860 Munich gave Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt a strong fight.
The lions not only stood in the back, but pressed effectively - and had better chances.
The 35-year-old Munich striker Sascha Mölders, who scored 15 goals and 15 assists last season in the third division, scored just wide of the Frankfurt goal with a volley (38th).
Only after the break did the favorite from Frankfurt really play an attack: The Dutchman Bas Dost put volley across, so that André Silva only had to nod off into the empty goal (51.).
At the next goal, the strikers swapped tasks: This time the Portuguese Silva played for Dost, who completed his head close up (56th).
1860 came back into the game after a converted penalty from Phillipp Steinhart (79th), but could no longer equalize.
Mölders had already scored before, but the goal of the veteran had been revoked.
RB Leipzig did not have a month of summer break after losing the Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain.
To compensate, there was a gift in the first competitive game of the new season: Nuremberg goalkeeper Christian Mathenia played a pass straight into the feet of Leipzig's Hee-chan Hwang, who had come from Salzburg in the summer, after just three minutes.
The ball came to Amadou Haidara via Marcel Sabitzer, who curled the ball from the edge of the penalty area into the left corner (3rd).
The rest of the game was surprisingly difficult for Leipzig, as Nürnberg had only achieved relegation in the second division after relegation.
In the summer, the "Club" signed Robert Klauss, the assistant to Leipzig's coach Julian Nagelsmann, under whom the Nuremberg team showed a strong performance.
But it wasn't enough for a surprise, rather the favorite increased before a possibly exciting final phase.
Hwang was involved again, this time fitting from the right wing into the backcourt: Yussuf Poulsen pushed in (67th).
Hwang himself then made the final score (90th).
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