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Stuttgart's Orel Mangala (left) in a duel with Gladbach's Florian Neuhaus
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Hansjürgen Britsch / imago images / press photo Baumann
With a 2-1 (2-1) win at VfB Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach moved into the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup.
The game took a similar course to the 2-2 draw for both teams in the Bundesliga two weeks earlier: Stuttgart took the lead, Gladbach turned the game around.
Only the late Stuttgart compensation did not materialize this time;
he had caused great criticism after the previous and controversial penalty whistle in the Bundesliga.
But that didn't make the cup game less spectacular.
Less than two minutes were played before Silas Wamangituka started a one-man counterattack after a Gladbach corner kick, sprinted with the ball from his own half into the opponent's penalty area and Gladbach's substitute keeper Tobias Sippel didn't give a chance (2nd minute).
The equalization by Marcus Thuram was just as nice: on the right in the penalty area he danced out an opponent, pulled into the middle and flicked the ball into the far corner against the inside post.
Stuttgart's Fabian Bredlow, who was also a temporary keeper, didn't react at all (45th + 2).
Gladbach had already found his way into the game better and missed an earlier equalizer through Thuram (19th) and Alassane Pléa (36th), among others.
Again, it was Pléa who put Gladbach in the lead in the second half.
After a deep pass to the right wing, Bredlow slipped away, then jumped up well in front of his goal in a duel with Pléa.
The Gladbacher went past and pushed into the empty gate (51st).
Gladbach subsequently missed the decision, but it was still enough to advance.
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