MAINZ: On Wednesday, Bayern Munich defeated hosts Mainz 05 4-0 to advance to the third round of the German Cup. The team was led by the experienced Jamal Musiala, who scored a hat trick in the first half.
After a powerful run down the left by Alphonso Davies, Germany midfielder Musiala slotted in from a Harry Kane pass for a lead in the second minute. He also scored in their 5-0 league win over VfL Bochum on Sunday.
From close range, Musiala scored the second goal in the 37th minute.
Leroy Sane and Musiala scored twice more in the first half of stoppage time for Bundesliga leaders Bayern, who had lost in the second round in three of their previous four German Cup competitions.
After the break, the visitors took their foot off the gas, but Mainz couldn’t get past the Bayern defense.
Leon Goretzka, a substitute for Bayern, thought he had scored with a glancing header, but Mainz goalkeeper Robin Zentner made a spectacular save to deny the midfielder.
Arminia Bielefeld advanced to the round of 16 as the sole third division team after defeating Union Berlin, a Bundesliga team, 2-0 at home.
Dynamo Dresden, the remaining third division team, could not overcome a 3-2 overtime loss to Darmstadt thanks to goals from Aleksandar Vukotic, Tobias Kempe, and Isac Lidberg from Jakob Lemmer.
Omar Marmoush, a forward for Eintracht Frankfurt, scored the winning goal in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-1 loss to Borussia Moenchengladbach.
When Arthur Theate was sent off 15 minutes into the game for a handball outside the box, Frankfurt was down to 10 men.
The five-time champions led when French forward Hugo Ekitike scored in the final minute of the first half, but Gladbach’s Ko Itakura leveled the score early in the second.
Marmoush scored his 11th goal of the season in the Eagles’ undermanned final 20 minutes, making it his 11th goal in 13 games across all competitions this season.
Freiburg defeated three-time champion Hamburg, who scored in the second half through Jonas Meffert, 2-1 at home. In the first half, Matthias Ginter scored and Vincenzo Grifo converted a penalty.
Derry Scherhant and Michael Cuisance scored to help Hertha Berlin defeat Heidenheim 2-1 at home.
Marvin Ducksch scored the only goal for Werder Bremen in their 1-0 victory over Paderborn, and Hoffenheim prevailed 2-1 over the Nuremberg team coached by Miroslav Klose.
