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Around 5,000 fans gave German Cup runners-up Kaiserslautern a warm welcome back home on Sunday after the 1-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen in Berlin the previous day. Departing coach Friedhelm Funkel and his squad greeted the supporters at the Stiftsplatz square. "It wasn't always easy. It wasn't always easy with the players, with the people in charge - but it wasn't always easy with me either," Funkel at the end of his tenure. He saved Kaiserslautern from relegation to the third division and defeated south-west rivals Saarbrücken in the semi-finals. "But we pulled ourselves together. The team al...
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Kaiserslautern players knew that they were facing a huge challenge against Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup final, but admitted that the defeat hurt even more than expected. The second division team had the numeric superiority on the pitch since the end of the first half, when Leverkusen had Odilon Kossounou sent off, but they still failed to capitalize on the situation and were defeated 1-0 on Saturday. "We knew that we were playing against a overpowering team. It hurts more now than we thought a defeat would hurt," defender Jean Zimmer told reporters after the match. Kaiserslautern only es...
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Kaiserslautern players knew that they were facing a huge challenge against Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup final, but admitted that the defeat hurt even more than expected. The second division team had the numeric superiority on the pitch since the end of the first half, when Leverkusen had Odilon Kossounou sent off, but they still failed to capitalize on the situation and were defeated 1-0 on Saturday. "We knew that we were playing against a overpowering team. It hurts more now than we thought a defeat would hurt," defender Jean Zimmer told reporters after the match. Kaiserslautern only es...
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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 the time of the Cup final, where they either face Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen or Fortuna Düs...
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Saarbrücken coach Rüdiger Ziehl is sure that the German Cup semi-final match between his team and Kaiserslautern will go ahead as planned on Tuesday and without issues with the pitch. "If it doesn't get extreme, the pitch has a playable surface. I was surprised that the pitch was in good condition," Ziehl said on Monday. Saarbrücken's quarter-finals home match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, originally scheduled for February 7, was cancelled shortly before kick-off due to a water-logged pitch. The games was rescheduled for March 12 and the hosts won 2-1. The quality of the third division tea...
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Saarbrücken coach Rüdiger Ziehl is sure that the German Cup semi-final match between his team and Kaiserslautern will go ahead as planned on Tuesday and without issues with the pitch. "If it doesn't get extreme, the pitch has a playable surface. I was surprised that the pitch was in good condition," Ziehl said on Monday. Saarbrücken's quarter-finals home match against Borussia Mönchengladbach, originally scheduled for February 7, was cancelled shortly before kick-off due to a water-logged pitch. The games was rescheduled for March 12 and the hosts won 2-1. The quality of the third division tea...
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