The 1.FC Nürnberg looks with respect to the first round of the DFB-Pokal next Saturday. The Franks meet SSV Ulm. Although the club is a regional league, it has earned a reputation as a cup scare in recent years, according to the press conference on the cup game. “We only need to look at the last cup results from SSV Ulm,” says coach Robert Klauss. In 2018, SSV even threw the reigning cup winner Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 out of the competition in the first round. That was “warning enough” for the FCN, said the club trainer.
The SSV Ulm has already embarrassed the club
In addition, SSV Ulm has already given 1.FC Nuremberg an embarrassment in the first round of the cup. After the forced relegation from the 2nd division to the association league in 2001, the SSV defeated the then Bundesliga club from Nuremberg 2-1. In order to avoid a similar embarrassment, FCN coach Robert Klauß is preparing his team for the game against Ulm “like a league opponent”. The first round of the DFB Cup is “there to survive,” said Klauss. At the game in Ulm, the club will be supported by at least 600 accompanying fans in the stadium.
Which players play at 1. FC Nürnberg
Regular goalkeeper Christian Mathenia will still only sit on the bench. Instead, newcomer Carl Klaus comes to his first competitive game in the FCN jersey. In addition to long-term injuries like Pascal Köpke, the FCN will also have to do without Noel Knothe, Robin Hack and Florian Hübner in the cup game against Ulm.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth: “Don’t underestimate opponents”
The game association Greuther Fürth sees itself prepared for the first competitive game of the new season. “We are the favorites and we want to live up to our role as favorites,” said coach Stefan Leitl before the cup game next Saturday against the regional league club SV Babelsberg. His team is very well prepared “even if we don’t know exactly what to expect,” said Leitl. It’s about not underestimating the opponent.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a first division team in the DFB Cup
The DFB Cup is a “very, very important competition” for SpVgg. Leitl has to forego at least five players against SV Babelsberg (kick-off Saturday, August 7th, 21, 6.30 p.m.), including Jessic Ngankam, Marco Meyerhöfer and Max Christiansen. There is still a question mark behind a deployment by Havard Nielsen and Luca Itter. On August 14th, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will start the new Bundesliga season as a newcomer. The first opponent is VfB Stuttgart. The first home game of the new season will be on August 21, against Arminia Bielefeld.
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