Alemannia Aachen was the fireball in the German Cup with their match against Bayern Munich and shocked the fans defeating Bayern, 4-2. The defending champions failed this time to regain their title.
Bayern’s hopes whitewashed in the first half of the match, as their opponents bagged 3 goals before the break time. Romanian midfielder Laurentiu Reghecampf and Marius Ebbers scored the goals in the first half and German international Jan Schaludraff bagged another goal in the later half to win over Bayern, ultimately making a place in the Quarter Finals.
Bayer came back to the field with more energy and enthusiasm and scored 2 goals to make the score 3-2. Lukas Podolski and Marc van Bommel scored the goals for the side.
Bayern, champions for the last two seasons at last failed to make the third consecutive win in the cup this time. However, they were earlier defeated by Aachen in the quarterfinal match back in February 2004 by 2-1.
Bayern manager Felix Magath sent German Under-21 Michael Rensing in for Oliver Kahn to the goal, as he felt that the youngster would benefit from experience. However, he failed to save the defeat, as he had to pick the ball three times in the first half.
He simply hided himself after the defeat and was very much depressed. The competition looks wide open after the defeat of the defending champions and favorites, Bayern. VfB Stuttgart are the new favorites, who are at the fourth place in the league, and there are seven teams left in the last eight teams in the league to fight for the German Cup.
Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Nuremberg, VfL Wolfsburg and Hanover complete the list of top-flight sides.
The big question is who will bag the German Cup this season. It may be the new favorites VfB Stuttgart who has attracted the audience this season. They are being cheered-up and their confidence level is rising to the heights.
