(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Julian Nagelsmann praised his side's attitude after getting his RB Leipzig reign off to a winning start yesterday with a 3-2 win over second-tier VfL Osnabrueck in the first round of the German Cup. 'After a tough pre-season we were lacking a bit of freshness, but we showed a good attitude throughout the game, said Nagelsmann, 32, after his team squeezed their way into the second round.
Osnabrueck's Etienne Amenyido briefly cancelled out Marcel Sabitzer's early opener, before further goals from Sabitzer and Lukas Klostermann saw Leipzig wrestle back control. Marcos Alvarez's 74th minute penalty then sparked fears of a late collapse for Leipzig, who were not the only top-flight side to struggle. The 2018 cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt needed a late hat-trick from Ante Rebic to beat third-tier neighbours Waldhof Mannheim 5-3. Slow out of the blocks, Frankfurt were left stunned as Valmir Sulejmani struck twice in the opening 11 minutes to put Mannheim 2-0 up.
Last season's Europa League semi-finalists quickly rallied, however, drawing level through fine goals from Daichi Kamada and Filip Kostic. Jan-Hendrik Marx's long-range screamer then put Mannheim back in front, before Rebic struck three times in the last 15 minutes to see Frankfurt through.
Both of Berlin's Bundesliga teams reached the second round, Hertha and newly promoted Union Berlin seeing off fourth-tier opposition. Union waltzed to a 6-0 victory over Germania Halberstadt, while a brace from Vedad Ibisevic helped Hertha to a 5-1 win over VfB Eichstaett.
Paderborn, also new arrivals in the top flight, were taken to extra-time by fourth-tier side Roedinghausen before eventually winning in a penalty shootout.
German Cup first
round results
FSV Salmrohr 0 Holstein Kiel 6 (Baku 39, 65, 77 Lee 54, Atanga 63, Porath 88); Germania Halberstadt 0 Union Berlin 6 (Schlotterbeck 27, Andersson 65, Lenz 67, Mees 71, Andrich 76, Ujah 86); SV Roedinghausen 3 (Engelmann 53, Lokotsch 80, 85) Paderborn 3 (Huenemeier 29, Antwi-Adjei 43, Mamba 73) Paderborn win 4-2 on penalties; Waldhof Mannheim 3 (Sulejmani 3, 11, Marx 73) Eintracht Frankfurt 5 (Kamada 21, Kostic 45, Rebic 76, 82, 88); Oberneuland 1 (Jobe 49) Darmstadt 6 (Schnellhardt 32, Mehlem 38, Dursun 43, 56, 75, Skarke 89); Saarbruecken 3 (Jurcher 53, 90 Zeitz 76) Regensburg 2 (Besuschkow 64, Gruettner 74); VfB Luebeck 3 (Deichmann 9, Thiel 55, Arslan 115) St Pauli 3 (Sobota 63, Diamantakos 66, Knoll 94) (3-4 on penalties); VfB Eichstaett 1 (Kuegel 52) Hertha Berlin 5 (Darida 11, Ibisevic 12, Ibisevic 31, Kalou 62, Esswein 75); VfL Osnabrueck 2 (Amenyido 9, Alvarez 74-pen) RB Leipzig 3 (Sabitzer 7, 31, Klostermann 29)
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