Last-minute hammer in the semifinals: RB Leipzig defeats Union Berlin and is in the DFB Cup final

Created: 04/21/2022, 04:46 am

By: Patrick Mayer

Goal scorer against Union Berlin: Leipzig's Emil Forsberg.

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RB Leipzig are in the DFB Cup final for the third time in four years.

The semi-final against Union Berlin will only be decided in overtime.

The game in the ticker to read.

RB Leipzig - Union Berlin 2: 1 (0: 1)

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Update from April 20, 10:50 p.m.: Conclusion:

Sheraldo Becker (25th) gave the guests the lead.

RB managed to equalize with a penalty kick converted by Andres Silva (61st).

In added time, Emil Forsberg made the decision with his header.

Final opponents SC Freiburg had won 3-1 at second division Hamburger SV the day before and are in the cup final for the first time.

DFB Cup: RB Leipzig advances to the final after beating Union Berlin

90 minutes + 4: The game is over and the decision has been made!

RB Leipzig wins against Union Berlin in added time and is in the final of the DFB Cup.

90 minutes + 2: Goooooorrrr!!!

RB Leipzig - Union Berlin 2: 1, scorer: Forsberg.

Insanity!

Is that the last minute decision?

First, Forsberg prepares for Angelino in the penalty area, whose shot Baumgartl scratches off the line.

The Saxons remain stoic.

Forsberg puts himself out on the right.

Henrichs runs behind Halstenberg and then has plenty of room to cross.

His high ball comes to the six-yard box, where Forsberg climbs up again and prevails in an aerial duel against Schäfer.

His header comes well placed.

Too placed for goalkeeper Rönnow.

90 minutes: Double change at RB Leipzig:

Poulsen replaces Silva, Halstenberg comes for Gvardiol.

87 minutes: Both teams lack the punch.

Neither Leipzig nor Berlin can create a compelling goal chance in the final phase.

Instead, both teams are waiting for mistakes made by the other.

82 minutes: Union Berlin is in its own half with all men.

RB Leipzig pushes the pressure in the final phase.

Will the second DFB Cup semi-final go into extra time?

77 minutes: Double change in Berlin:

Union coach Fischer takes down both strikers with Awoniyi and goalscorer Becker.

With Voglsammer and Michel, two new attackers come on.

73 minutes: Strong attack from Leipzig, who are getting better and better.

Henrichs hits a ball in a tailor-made way and diagonally into the backcourt.

Forsberg comes rushing and takes off directly.

Nice combination, but the volley misses.

69 minutes: Berlin shakes itself vigorously and comes back strong.

Awoniyi sprints twice into the Saxon box at high speed.

But Leipzig are now defending him more consistently.

64 minutes: Change at Union:

Schäfer can play for Haraguchi.

62 minutes: Change at Leipzig:

veteran Forsberg comes on for Szoboszlai.

Controversial scene: Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku gets a penalty in the DFB Cup semi-final against Union Berlin.

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RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: Silva equalizes in the DFB Cup semifinals

61 minutes: Goooooorrrrr!!!

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin 1: 1, goal: Silva (penalty).

The compensation.

Silva, who has already missed three penalties this season, is sure to score this time.

He sends Rönnow into the wrong corner and hits the ball in the right corner.

60 minutes: Referee Brych points to the point.

The referee saw a foul on Nkunku.

A moot decision as the Frenchman falls before making contact.

59 minutes: Uhhhhhh ... controversial scene!

Nkunku falls in the penalty area.

Referee Brych goes to the video screen.

57 minutes: Huge chance for Berlin!

Becker holds his own against Orban and Gvardiol.

The forward puts the ball through the alley to Awoniyi.

But the pass is too far.

That was close.

53 minutes: Angelino crosses the ball into the six-yard box.

But Silva clears goalkeeper Rönnow - and not the ball into the goal.

51 minutes: The Union park Awoniyi in front of the center line.

The remaining Berliners retreat far and compactly.

48 minutes: Chance for Leipzig!

After a cross from the right, Orban comes to the header.

But the ball easily goes two meters wide of the goal.

47 minutes: No changes on either side.

RBL coach Tedesco has not yet responded.

46 minutes: It continues in Leipzig with the DFB Cup semifinals.

Close duel: the DFB Cup semi-final between RB Leipzig and Union Berlin.

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RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: Outsiders lead to the break in the DFB Cup semifinals

45 minutes + 1: Break in Leipzig!

With a tight lead for Union Berlin, it goes into the cabins.

45 minutes: High ball into the six-yard box to Silva.

But that's more of an arc lamp.

No problem for keeper Rönnow.

42 minutes: RB Leipzig increased the pressure on the outsider significantly towards the end of the first half.

The actions of the hosts seem more fluid, the attack more structured.

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: Silva misses a huge chance to equalize

38 minutes: The huge chance for Leipzig!

The Saxons combine in the penalty area over several stations.

Finally, Henrichs dynamically crosses.

Silva is left unmarked in the middle, but the Portuguese puts the ball wide of the right post from the best position.

35th Minute: Thousands of Union Berlin fans are now really making a fuss.

All that remains is a jumping and bouncing uniform red look.

The supporters from the capital like what they have seen so far.

Your team is really aggressive in duels.

RBL, on the other hand, plays quite cautiously.

31 minutes: Leipzig with a free kick from the half field.

But Orban threw the ball in the direction of goal-off.

RBL does not yet bring its offensive power into this semi-final.

25 minutes: Goooooorrrrrrr!!!

RB Leipzig - Union Berlin 0: 1, scorer: Becker.

The underdog takes the lead!

Trimmel with a wonderful side shift in the counterattack.

The right winger plays the ball perfectly into Becker's foot.

In the middle, Simakan cancels the offside.

Becker pulls straight away and hits the far corner without frills.

23 minutes: The atmosphere is really excellent.

Both fan camps are pushing hard.

A dense red block of Union fans is now really heating up after a quarter-hour protest against the RB Leipzig project.

But also the curve of the home team is.

This is DFB-Pokal, this is football!

Sought-after striker: Christopher Nkunku (left) from RB Leipzig.

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RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: Henrichs falls in the penalty area

19 minutes: Uhhhhhhhh... Henrichs falls in the penalty area of ​​Berlin.

But the German national player was previously offside, otherwise there would have been penalties.

15 minutes: The chance for Union!

Khedira sticks through the penalty area.

Gulacsi drops the ball forward.

Prömel follows, but shoots the ball into the side netting.

13 minutes: Leipzig dangerous!

Szoboszlai plays a diagonal ball to Silva in attack.

The ball comes a little too high.

The Portuguese can still accept, but puts the ball far from the back post.

11 minutes: In the initial phase, Union Berlin surprisingly took the initiative.

The capital club is pushing the Saxons in front of their goal.

The guests obviously don't want to let RBL get into their dangerous attacking game.

7 minutes: RB Leipzig tries to put a lot of pressure down the left flank with Nkunku and Szoboszlai.

But the capital city make the flank tight with several men.

Nkunku dares a first attempt, but does not get through.

5 minutes: First quick counterattack by Berlin.

Simakan makes a playback error.

Union immediately goes into the switching game.

But the last pass to Trimmel is too imprecise.

3 minutes: Leipzig starts with a lot of steam in front of their home crowd and shifts the pressing directly to the front.

Union Berlin begins more cautiously.

1st minute: It starts in front of a magnificent backdrop in Leipzig!

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: Focus on Christopher Nkunku in the DFB Cup semifinals

Update from April 20, 8:40 p.m .:

Of course, the DFB Cup semifinals are also about goalscorer Christopher Nkunku.

RBL boss OIiver Mintzlaff rejects FC Bayern's alleged courtship for the French.

"I've said it several times now, and I'm saying it now on ARD: Christopher Nkunku will play for RB Leipzig next year," said the managing director of Sachsen at the microphone.

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: who will follow SC Freiburg to the DFB Cup final?

Update from April 20, 8:30 p.m .:

“There are many Union fans there.

That's why I took the liberty of asking our fans at the press conference to turn our stadium into a cauldron," said RBL coach Domenico Tedesco in an interview with ARD before the game.

47,069 spectators will ensure a sold-out World Cup arena.

For the first time since the expansion and the outbreak of the corona pandemic, so many supporters have come to the stadium.

Among them are at least 6,300 fans from Berlin (official contingent), with observers assuming that the passionate supporters of the "Iron" have secured even more tickets.

It should be atmospheric.

Update from April 20, 7:50 p.m .:

The lineups of both teams are there.

At RB Leipzig, Forsberg, Kampl and Poulsen remain on the bench for the time being.

In front, next to Nkunku, the Portuguese Silva storms.

Behind them Angelino, Dani Olmo and Szoboszlai promise a lot of offensive and steam.

At Union Berlin, hopes rest in the attack on Awoniyi and Becker.

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: who will follow SC Freiburg to the DFB Cup final?

Update from April 20, 7.30 p.m .:

For the third time in four years, RB Leipzig can move into the DFB Cup final tonight.

The winner of the competition this year will be neither FC Bayern nor Borussia Dortmund.

We look back at the finals of the last ten years:

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: SC Freiburg is already in the DFB Cup final

Update from April 20, 6.30 p.m .:

SC Freiburg is the first finalist in the 2021/22 DFB Cup.

The Breisgauer prevailed 3-1 (3-0) on Tuesday evening at the second division Hamburger SV.

The game in the Hanseatic city was already decided at half-time.

Veteran Nils Petersen gave the South Baden team the lead with a header (11th minute).

Nicolas Höfler with a deflected long-range shot (17th) and Vincenzo Grifo (35th) increased the penalty for the first division team.

Nico Schlotterbeck, who played in the focus of FC Bayern and BVB, had previously been fouled.

Shortly before the end of the game, HSV only managed to score the consolation goal by Robert Glatzel, who was born in Munich (88th).

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: Saxony want to go to the DFB Cup final for the third time

First report from April 20th:

Munich / Leipzig – For RB Leipzig * the double is in this season.

It is a prospect that only FC Bayern Munich usually has in football Germany.

Or also Borussia Dortmund*.

The Saxons are in the semi-finals of the Europa League as well as in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup, in which they meet Union Berlin tonight (from 8.45 p.m.).

If RBL wins against the capital city, the club would be in the final of the DFB Cup * for the third time in the past four years.

Last year there was a sensitive 1: 4 against BVB, in 2019 the Leipzig lost the final against the German Bundesliga record champions * 0: 3.

In the past few weeks, the players, above all midfield strategist Kevin Kampl, have confirmed that the time has finally come this season with the first cup triumph in the club's history.

RB Leipzig – Union Berlin in the live ticker: transfer rumors about Nkunku and Laimer

It is precisely in this mixed situation that FC Bayern's alleged courtship for Konrad Laimer and in particular for goalgetter Christopher Nkunku caused a stir.

RBL coach Domenico Tedesco reacted "absolutely relaxed" to the transfer rumors about his two top performers at the press conference for the Union game.

"It's part of it, it's not just about us.

Rumors are simply part of it, that goes without saying, especially when we're successful.

Then there are stories like that," said the 36-year-old coach: "It's more of a positive thing, but that affects us in no time."

In the video: Leipzig coach Tedesco compares Nkunku with Lewandowski

As the

reports, the bosses are working feverishly to extend the contract with Nkunku, which runs until the summer of 2024, ahead of schedule.

The 24-year-old Frenchman should definitely be kept, the report says.

At the same time, the football

reported that Leipzig had even said that Nkunku and Laimer were banned from switching to Bayern Munich.

Nkunku has scored ten goals in his outstanding second half of the Bundesliga season and prepared eight more goals.

He also scored both goals in RB Leipzig's 2-0 quarter-final second leg at Atalanta Bergamo.

And today?

Follow the DFB Cup semi-final between RB Leipzig and Union Berlin from 8.45 p.m.* here in the live ticker.

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