On Tuesday night, Arminia Bielefeld eradicated SC Freiburg from the DFB-Pokal with a sensational 3-1 victory on the SchücoArena.

Although this was a Bundesliga fixture simply three seasons in the past, heading into the tie, 32 league positions separated the 2 sides.

The hosts, Arminia, at present reside within the 3. Liga, sitting within the promotion playoff spot behind Dynamo Dresden and Energie Cottbus.

Whereas Freiburg discover themselves sixth in Germany’s high tier, occupying a Europa Convention League qualification spot.

Due to this fact, Julian Schuster’s facet have been undoubtedly heavy favourites previous to kick-off, despite Bielefeld’s earlier cup heroics, having already eradicated Hannover 96 and Union Berlin.

18 minutes into the tie, Freiburg appeared able to take management over the tie as Florent Muslija stepped as much as the penalty spot.

Nonetheless, Jonas Kersken within the Bielefeld aim would deny the 26-year-old earlier than the sport took an surprising flip as Christopher Lannert’s spectacular strike positioned the hosts within the lead.

Julian Kania would then do what Muslija couldn’t and convert from twelve yards, as Bielefeld ran right into a 2-0 lead.

Michael Gregoritsch’s second-half strike could be cancelled out by a Louis Oppie thunderbolt because the third-division facet carried out their third miracle of the DFB-Pokal this season.

The quarter-finals now await Bielefeld, who look to copy 1. FC Saarbrücken’s run to the semi-finals final season.

However, the bonus of greater than €1.6 million for advancing previous the spherical of 16 will undeniably be simply as necessary an element for the membership.

GGFN | Will Shopland