The German Cup will resume at the end of this month and the second round of the prestigious tournament will be played after a gap of more than two months
The DFB Cup is the German version of the English FA Cup. It occurs every year and 64 sides from the top flight division and the second Bundesliga compete for the final prize. It is only inferior to the domestic league in the country.
The first cup was held in 1935 and since then a number of top German clubs have won the event.
A total of 24 different sides have won the coveted cup since its inception. The most successful club in the competition is Bayern Munich with 15 trophies. Werder Bremen have won it six times and Schalke were crowned champions four
times. Surprisingly, Borussia Dortmund have only managed to lift the cup three times.
The BVB were victorious in last year’s event as they beat Bayern Munich comprehensively 5-2. Therefore, Dortmund, Bayern and Schalke are once again the top contenders for the cup as they have superior teams to their Bundesliga
counterparts.
Der FCB won their first round away clash against SSV Jahn Regensburg 4-0. Mario Mandzukic added two goals, followed by a goal-apiece from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royal-95-c40387 Blues won their opening round 5-0 and the
Black Yellows defeated FC Oberneuland 1948 3-0 at the Weserstadion.
The Miners will take on SV Sandhausen in the second round of the cup at the Veltins Arena and will likely win the encounter. Borussia Dortmund will travel to Scholz-Arena to face VfR Aalen. Bayern will tackle Kaiserslautern in
Munich and will be looking forward to register an easy triumph.
All three teams are expected to win their next round games and will be hoping to qualify for the third round. They will meet each other in the latter stages of the competition, provided that they do not get eliminated by a lower
team before that.
The final games will be very hard as all the best teams will fight for domination in the DFB-Pokal. Die Roten will be looking to add a 16th cup to their trophy cabinet. Last year’s champions Dortmund will hope to defend
their title and Schalke will want to bag the cup after their success of 2005.
Currently, the Bavarian outfit and the BVB will be hot favourites for the event as they have immense quality in their ranks. FC Hollywood have signed a number of world class players in the summer transfer window and look in great
run of form. They have a perfect record in the league with seven wins out of seven.
Die Bayern is the only team to win the trophy three times since the last six years and Schalke and Dortmund have only won it once since that time. The last three seasons have seen any of the three clubs to lift the cup and this
time it is expected that they will once again locks horns to claim the honour.
Die Borussen have failed to start the season on a good note and with Bayern stating that the Bundesliga is their main priority this term, the BVB have a good chance of securing their second DFB-Pokal cup.
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