BERLIN- Violence gives no respite to the world of football. Gunshots were fired in the afternoon against the Hertha Berlin bus in Bielefeld, where tomorrow the capital team will be engaged against Arminia in a match valid for the German Cup. According to reports from Michael Preetz, a Hertha executive, on the German newspaper Bild’s website, a motorcyclist fired a few gunshots at the bus windshield. At that moment there was only the driver, Stephan Behrendt, 55, who fortunately was not hit (apparently the bullets did not pass the glass. The man stopped the vehicle and immediately felt the forces Order: Hertha asked, via Twitter, for the collaboration of the people who attended the scene, asking any witnesses to contact the police. Meanwhile Arminia Bilefeld expressed its solidarity with the Berlin club, condemning an episode that closely resembles the one that took place in Turkey last April: on that occasion it was the Fenerbahce bus that was reached by some bullets while the team was reaching only the driver of the vehicle was injured.

THE TURN BAYERN MONACO AND BORUSSIA DORTMUND PASS – As for the field, however, Bayern Monaco and Borussia Dortmund respect the predictions of the eve and without any particular difficulty overcome the first round of the German Cup. Thanks to Vidal (penalty after 5 ‘, first goal for the former Juventus player with the Bavarians), Goetze and Lewandowski Pep Guardiola’s men got rid of Nottingen, a fourth division team that had taken away the satisfaction of the momentary 1-1 with Hecht-Zirpel. Borussia Dortmund advances with a goal in time: Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan stretch the Chemnitzer (third series).
OK HANNOVER AND KAISERLAUTERN, OUTSIDE THE SURPRISE OF THE HAMBURG- Hannover, Mainz and Kaiserslautern also pass the first round. With goals from Sane and Karaman, Hannover won 2-0 at Kassel, while Mainz won 3-0 at Cottbus with goals from Frei, Samperio and Clemens. Instead, penalties are needed at Kaiserslautern to eliminate Rostock. The surprise arrives on the contrary from the elimination of Hamburg, beaten in extra time by Jena, Regionalliga team: 2-2 in regulation time, Pieles decides in the 106th minute. passed 2-1 by another fourth-division team, Unterhaching.
(09 August 2015)