The reigning German Cup champions have been pitted against league leaders’ Der FCB in a repeat clash of last campaign’s final
The most-awaited clash at the quarter-final stage of the German Cup places a repeat of last season’s amazing final that saw Borussia Dortmund claim their first ever German double in the side’s history with a 5-2 triumph over fierce
rivals, Bayern Munich. The highly-anticipated game will be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Bundesliga leaders will host the Black Yellows and will be looking to stamp further authority on their arch-rivals when the two sides meet in the cup clash. The DFB-Pokal holders will be cautious when they go head to head with
Die Roten on their travel to Munich, after losing the DFL Supercup to them at the start of the season.
The Borussians will be hoping to register a win at the Allianz Arena in order to have a chance to defend their cup success of last term. The cup competition will restart once the winter break ends in February.
The German double winners have been handed the toughest draw this early in the tournament, but will be relishing the prospect of upsetting the Reds at their home turf with an away win. Jurgen Klopp is aware of the fact that his
side face a very tricky tie in the quarter-final, but will deploy a game-plan to shock the league leaders.
The head coach claimed that his team wants to qualify for the DFB-Pokal final in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hannover-96-c39492 5-1 in the last round. He stated that the club has done well until now and will
fully relax during the break.
"My impression? My boys want to go to [the final in] Berlin," the former SV Glatten and TuS Ergenzingen youth academy player was quoted as saying in an interview.
"We have proven that we are in good form and we have earned the holidays now," the 2012 German Football Manager of the Year finally concluded.
Klopp suggested that Dortmund are in top form and will be the team to beat in the last eight clashes.
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