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Players from Munich team, with a minimal advantage, defeated the Frankfurt eleven, triumphing for the thirteenth time in the club's history in the German cup competition. The victory for Munich club was brought by the goal of Peruvian forward in the 59th minute of the match.
Munich 1 - 0 Frankfurt 59' [1 - 0] Claudio Pizarro
Felix Magath's students started these matches quite actively, and already after 15 minutes could break through, but the shot of Roy Makaay was blocked by Swiss Christoph Spycher. The Dutchman could have scored again after about 15 minutes, but Willy Sagnol's cross sent the ball over the goal. Soon after, the players of Frankfurt had their chance, but Oliver Kahn repelled the dangerous shot from Benjamin Kohler up close.
Immediately after the break, Oka Nikolov demonstrated his skill, pushing away a dangerous shot with his head from Michael Ballack. Later, Makaay and Owen Hargreaves took dangerous shots as well. But soon the goal came - Ze Roberto redirected C. Pizarro's head-cleared corner kick towards the goal. After scoring the goal, Munich players did not relax at all and could have increased the lead. At the end of the match, they could have equalized, but their shot was fantastically saved by O. Kahn.
Currently, Munich players are leading in the national championship. With three rounds left, they lead the closest pursuers by 5 points.
