Cup -duel defined: FC St. Pauli meets RB Leipzig on October 29th
Cup -duel defined: FC St. Pauli meets RB Leipzig on October 29th
FC St. Pauli has set its opponent in the DFB Cup: On October 29 at 6 p.m., the team will meet RB Leipzig in the second-round duel. This is a significant encounter because the Bundesliga promoter is just playing his first season in the highest German league. The game in Leipzig is only one of several challenges that will come to St. Pauli in this intensive time.
the week before this important cup game, the team has to compete with Wolfsburg before going to Leipzig. After meeting the Bundesliga club, there are also other tasks, including a game against Hoffenheim. An intermediate home game against Leipzig in the league on September 22nd will already give the St. Paulians a foretaste of the cup game.
Cup dream or cup alb dream?
The challenges are not just a sporty nature. Hauke Wahl, central defender of FC St. Pauli, is optimistic, although the current situation is associated with a certain uncertainty. "Of course this is a difficult task, we don't need to talk about it. But the trophy has his own laws," notes the 30-year-old with a mischievous smile.
Wahl already has experience in the cup game and knows the ups and downs of the competition. In the 2020/21 season, he was involved with Holstein Kiel to throw FC Bayern Munich out of the DFB Cup, which is one of the most outstanding sensations in the cup history. This experience may help him lead the team through the upcoming challenges.
In the game against Bavaria, he showed remarkable courage when his goal in added time brought the Kielers to equalize and the team led to the penalty shootout. "It was the last courage of despair, I didn't hit the ball at all and already annoyed myself. But then it somehow slipped in the back," recalls. The emotions after the tight victory are unforgettable for him. "Nobody expected us, we actually don't really with us," he adds and looks back into the past.
With this positive attitude, FC St. Pauli is willing to give everything for a positive result against RB Leipzig. The challenges that both the Bundesliga games and the trophy bring with them require high performance and team spirit. It is likely that many fans of FC St. Pauli and the football world will wait for the next sensation in front of the television screens. Is the way paved to another cup fairy tale? Time will show it.