Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller in motion with SSV Ulm 1846 Fussball’s Niklas Kolbe
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Bayern Munich comfortably dispatched second-tier Ulm 4-0 within the German Cup on Friday (August 16, 2024) however three different Bundesliga groups all wanted additional time or penalties to beat lower-tier opposition on an evening of close to upsets.
Thomas Muller scored twice within the first quarter-hour for Bayern earlier than Kingsley Coman and substitute Harry Kane added two extra late on to provide new coach Vincent Kompany a win in his first aggressive recreation in cost.
However Hoffenheim, St Pauli and Mainz all needed to work rather a lot tougher earlier than reserving their place within the subsequent spherical.
Hoffenheim struggled most at third-tier Wurzburger Kickers.
Hoffenheim went behind after 11 minutes however an personal objective eight minutes later took the sport to additional time. Wurzburg led once more after scoring within the a hundredth minute, however Marius Bülter equalized for Hoffenheim within the 107th to take the sport to penalty kicks.
Wurzburg captain Dominik Meisel was the one participant to overlook from the spot as Hoffenheim gained the shootout 5-3.
Fourth-tier Hallescher was seconds away from embarrassing final season’s second-division champion St Pauli.
Hallescher led 2-1 till Adam Dzwigala equalized within the 94th. Substitute Lars Ritzka scored the winner for the Hamburg membership within the one hundred and tenth minute to provide it a 3-2 victory.
Mainz recovered from going 1-0 down in opposition to third-tier Wehen Wiesbaden and wanted extra-time targets from captain Jonathan Burkardt and midfielder Nadiem Amiri to clinch a 3-1 win.
