On Wednesday in Germany, the second round of the national cup ("DFB-Pokal") matches took place.
Champions Bayern Munich footballers faced Hannover at the Allianz Arena. Guardiola's proteges secured a ticket to the next stage with a 4-1 victory.
Three goals were scored in the first half. The first in this match was scored by Thomas Muller, and ten minutes later Claudio Pizarro doubled the score.
At the end of the half, Didier Ya Konan gave hope to Hannover to fight for victory, but in the second half Thomas Muller scored another goal and Franck Ribery also found the net.
In other matches, victories were celebrated by Eintracht, Ingolstadt, Kaiserslautern, Saarbrucken, Schalke, Freiburg, and Union footballers.
All results:
Bayern 4 – 1 Hannover 17‘ [1 – 0] T.Muller 27‘ [2 – 0] C.Pzarro 37‘ [2 – 1] D.Ya Konan 64‘ [3 – 1] T.Muller 78‘ [4 – 1] F.Ribery
Eintracht 2 – 0 Bochum 24‘ [1 – 0] T.Inui 25‘ [2 – 0] S.Aigner
Frankfurt 0 – 2 Ingolstadt 27‘ [0 – 1] T.Hajnal 47‘ [0 – 2] P.Hofmann
Kaiserslautern 3 – 1 Hertha 25‘ [0 – 1] P.Niemeyer 52‘ [1 – 1] M.Idrissou 63‘ [2 – 1] K.Matmour 83‘ [3 – 1] O.Occean
Saarbrucken 2 – 1 Paderborn 7‘ [1 – 0] T.Rathgeber 38‘ [2 – 0] T.Rathgeber 72‘ [2 – 1] M.Saglik
Darmstadt 1 – 3 Schalke 35‘ [0 – 1] J.Farfan 36‘ [1 – 1] H.Behrens 59‘ [1 – 2] B.Howedes 86‘ [1 – 3] M.Meyer
Freiburg 2 – 1 Stuttgart 52‘ [1 – 0] M.Ginter 70‘ [2 – 0] M.Hanke 87‘ [2 – 1] V.Ibisevič
Osnabruck 0 – 1 Union 14‘ [0 – 1] T.Mattuschka