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FC Köln defender Dominique Heintz has hit out at the way many of Bayer Leverkusen’s players behaved during and after Wednesday’s DFB-Pokal match, describing them as “arrogant”.
Bayer Leverkusen left it very late to overcome a two-goal deficit at home against 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Köln to reach the DFB-Pokal semi finals.
VfB Stuttgart book a DFB-Pokal semi-final place following another Deniz Undav winning goal against Augsburg.
Here are the lineups for this season’s first DFB-Pokal quarter-finals.
Bayer Leverkusen will continue their DFB-Pokal title defence on Wednesday as they welcome local rivals Köln in the quarter-finals of this year’s competition.
Whilst Stuttgart have faltered across recent fixtures, Augsburg have picked up some serious domestic form. The two sides go head to head at MHPArena on Thursday evening, with a place in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals on the line.
Ahead of his side’s trip to MHPArena for a DFB-Pokal quarter-final, Augsburg coach Jess Thorup gave his thoughts on the clash.