DFB-Pokal Review: Köln survived after injury-time drama, Gladbach and Schalke progress

Two more Bundesliga teams and Schalke 04 joined the second round of the cup.

Neighbours 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach are through to the next round of the cup following narrow victories.

Jahn Regensburg 1-2 1. FC Köln

Including a famous 4-0 win over Champions League regulars Atalanta, Köln had a fantastic preseason. Jan Thielmann shared the positive sentiment before their first competitive game of the season, but they faced a reality check right away.

The newly-promoted team were on the verge of a first round cup exit before a dramatic injury-time in Regensburg. The 3. Liga team took the lead when birthday boy Benedikt Bauer scored 25 minutes before the end of regular time.

However, the Billy Goats escaped a cupset with Eric Martel and Ísak Jóhannesson finding the net after the 95th minute. Despite the late goals avoiding a surprising result, it was a dramatic end to a tense cup tie in Regensburg.

SV Atlas Delmenhorst 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Fifth-tier Delmenhorst responded twice to cancel out Mönchengladbach’s goals, but they fell short at the end of a valiant effort. Robin Hack scored a first-half brace for the visitors in yet another closely fought cup tie this weekend.

The assist king Kevin Stöger provided the final passes for the winger. Center-back Elvedi nets Gladbach’s winner in the 68th minute as Gerardo Seoane’s team avoided an early cup exit.

Lokomotive Leipzig 0-1 (AET) FC Schalke 04

In a tale of two stellar goalkeeping performances, Andreas Naumann and Justin Heekeren made several decent saves as the duel between the fourth-tier Lokomotive Leipzig and Schalke went all the way into extra-time.

In the end, supersub Bryan Lasme scored the only goal of the tie with a fine finish in the 107th minute. The Frenchman nearly did that earlier in the first-half of extra-time, but Naumann was unstoppable until that moment, which decided the tie in Schalke’s favor.