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Schalke's Klaas Jan Huntelaar (left) scores the opening goal against Duisburg. Schalke won the match 5-0- AP

Berlin - Bayern, Dortmund win opening rounds to advance in German Cup

By Reuters

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Published: Mon 10 Aug 2015, 10:55 PM

Last updated: Tue 11 Aug 2015, 9:38 AM

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund advanced from the opening round of the German Cup on Sunday, while Hamburger SV were knocked out by fourth-tier side Carl Zeiss Jena.
Bayern, the 2013 and 2014 cup winners, were made to work hard for a 3-1 win over fifth-tier Noettingen in Karlsruhe.
New signing Arturo Vidal scored from the penalty spot in the fifth minute, one minute before the Chile star was booked for a crunching tackle.
Niklas Hecht-Zirpel claimed a personal highlight in the 16th by equalising on the rebound after Bayern 'keeper Sven Ulreich parried his first effort.
But Mario Goetze cut the amateur side's celebrations short by scoring a minute later and Robert Lewandowski made it 3-1 in the 26th.
Noettingen regrouped and did well to frustrate Bayern in the second half.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored one goal and set up another as Dortmund got the better of third-division side Chemnitzer FC 2-0.
The Armenia midfielder crossed for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to score with a fine header in the 25th, and Aubameyang returned the favour for Mkhitaryan to seal the win with a curling shot inside the far post in the 83rd.
Jena upset Hamburg 3-2 thanks to Johannes Pieles' extra-time winner.
Justin Gerlach put the fourth-tier side ahead with a poorly defended free kick in the 15th before Albin Ekdal equalised in the 48th, though TV replays showed the ball was out of play before Ivo Ilicevic crossed to Ekdal.
Velimir Jovanovic restored Jena's lead in the 58th, but Michael Gregoritsch scored in the fourth minute of injury time to take the game to extra-time.
Nils Petersen scored four goals as Freiburg routed fifth-tier Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 5-0, while another second-division team, Bochum, thrashed fifth-tier Salmrohr by the same score.
Fourth-tier Unterhaching upset promoted Bundesliga side Ingolstadt 2-1, second-division Paderborn won 2-1 at fourth-tier Luebeck, and second-division Heidenheim routed fourth-tier FK Pirmasens 4-1.
Second-division Sandhausen defeated fourth-tier Bahlinger SC 5-3 on penalties after a scoreless 120 minutes. Sandhausen captain Stefan Kulovits was sent off with his second yellow card in the 54th.
Fourth-tier Rot-Weiss Essen was playing extra time against second-division local rival Fortuna Duesseldorf. - AP


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