German football club Kaiserslautern could be playing in the Europa League and in the domestic third division at the same time next season. This extraordinary scenario is possible because the club reached the German Cup final on May 25 in Berlin with a 2-0 victory at third-tier Saarbrücken on Tuesday night. The Cup winner gets direct entry into the Europa League, but at the same time Kaiserslautern are in third-last place in the second division. It means that Kaiserslautern could be relegated by
Second division Kaiserslautern ended the fairytale run of third tier Saarbrücken in the German Cup with a 2-0 semi-final victory on Tuesday to reach the final for the first time in 21 years. Almamy Touré set up Marlon Ritter to head the opening goal in the 53rd minute, and then clinched matters himself with a 75th-minute header for visiting twice Cup winners Kaiserslautern. The defeat ended Saarbrücken's remarkable campaign during which they had upset a Bundesliga trio of record Cup winners Baye
Kai Brünker's stoppage-time goal sent third division Saarbrücken into the German Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach, their third Bundesliga giant-killing after toppling Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt. Robin Hack gave mid-table Gladbach an early lead on Tuesday after Franck Honorat's pull-back but Amine Naifi levelled for the hosts on 11 minutes with a fierce strike from 18 metres. The mid-table third-tier side defended stoutly, although the Foals failed themselve
The rearranged German Cup quarter-final between third division Saarbrücken and Borussia Mönchengladbach is set to go ahead as planned later on Tuesday, a final pitch inspection by officials has determined. City council officials in Saarbrücken said they were confident the game would take place, after the pitch was in better shape than Monday in the wake of heavy overnight rainfall. The match was originally scheduled for February 7 but cancelled shortly before kick-off due to a water-logged pitch
A German Cup quarter-final between giant killing third division Saarbrücken and Borussia Mönchengladbach was postponed minutes before Wednesday's kick-off because of a water-logged pitch. Stadium staff tried to dry the pitch with leaf blowers in the wake of heavy rain, but with the downpour continuing, and the forecast even grimmer, the cancellation was eventually inevitable. Huge puddles had formed across the pitch, making a game dangerous for players and too unpredictable. Both teams came onto