RB Leipzig have been drawn against a difficult opponent in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup. It will be a rematch of the 2023 final with Eintracht Frankfurt. However, the two-time cup winners from Saxony will play at home on December 3 or 4. "Eintracht was a very tough opponent in the final back then, and it's also a match for us in the Bundesliga now," said RB representative Perry Bräutigam at the draw at the German Football Museum in Dortmund.
RB's sporting director Marcel Schäfer spoke of "an absolute top match. In the past, we have always delivered close and competitive duels, not forgetting the 2023 cup final".
Marco Rose's team had won the final in Berlin's Olympic Stadium 2:0. It was the first title with RB for Rose, whose team defeated FC St. Pauli 4:2 in the second round. They had opened with a 4:1 victory at Rot-Weiss Essen. In the Bundesliga, ten days after the cup match on December 14, RB will play against the team currently third in the table, who are three points behind Leipzig.
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