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00:00I think that's a really good thing, because it gives you always emotions for the next game,
00:04it gives you always belief for the next game, and then you start to think,
00:08oh, when you're one nil down last minute, no, we can score one goal, no problem, maybe two.
00:12Coach Henning Boerger has made just one change to the side that beat VfC Plauen on the weekend,
00:17as Alexios Dedidis at Bach on Friday. Seven in total. Matej Kovac is back on cup duties to end
00:26that run. But it is our hosts who get us underway. The DFB-Pokal title holders are back in action
00:34as we close the curtain on the opening round. Tight spaces.
00:49But one against one, everyone has to work hard and maybe follow the player.
00:56Garcia's delivery skips through.
01:02Awkward bounce, but to Schick. Now to Artur.
01:10Not sure if he was going for goal or for a cross,
01:12but in the end a deflection took all the pace off them.
01:22Well won in midfield by Justin Schauer.
01:25And I'm not surprised because I've spoken to Henning Boerger. The academy is good here,
01:30so they can play the ball, they're working hard, have the right attitude,
01:35but also not too many technical mistakes for a team that is in the fourth.
01:40And Armin Adli. Xabi Alonso is also not particularly happy with some of the treatment
01:45his players are getting from the Carl Zeiss Jena. And
01:48Andrik has to be careful because he certainly is not afraid of sharing his opinion.
01:54Yeah, and Redemann got a yellow card too.
01:58The center half, so that's not good news for Carl Zeiss Jena. He is Andri's one.
02:04That is the new unspoken rule though, that it's captains only who can talk to the referees.
02:19Iwona Tantar taps the ball up from the back. Garcia flicked on by Schick.
02:25And just for a split second.
02:28The emotions are going up, but again we spoke about Alex Garcia's quality set pieces.
02:35The pace off to the first post gives Schick the option with one touch to be on,
02:40not on target, but score goals.
02:42Now Adli, one on one. These are the situations he loves.
02:55Ah, great game to watch. What a fantastic finish from Adli.
02:58And he loves to come from the right side, really wide on his left foot.
03:03From Armin Adli, a lick of paint away from breaking the deadlock on the half hour mark.
03:10Zeydeman leading by example, now the corner to defend. It goes deep, ties there.
03:19That's twice he's gone close now.
03:22Again, great delivery from Alex Garcia. Not easy for tie, I think he was on.
03:28The Jena captain.
03:29Oh, 50-50. And I think there was a bit of a slip in the mix there from Justin Schaal
03:41that made it look a lot worse than he intended. Held by Olevikus and the reigning
03:48defending DFB-Pokal title holders to a goalless first half.
03:54A compelling 45 minutes of football.
03:57And overall, be patient, wait for the right moment.
04:01And of course, sometimes you have to be a little bit quicker in transition.
04:04Moments are there when Carl Zeiss Jena are a little bit too high up the pitch.
04:08So far, Carl Zeiss Jena are giving a much better account of themselves than they did last
04:15campaign against the capital city side.
04:18First touch, just let him down at the vital moment, and now not for the first time.
04:25Yonatan Tah is tangling with Kemal Zezer.
04:30I watched him on the bench, was jumping up because he was sure that's not a foul from
04:35Cesar.
04:36Hoffman to Adli, now the chance for Teller.
04:39Snapshot blocked behind for a corner.
04:48I've got to admit, Kemal Zezer, the Jena striker, is having a tough time of it when it comes
04:55to the decisions going against him.
04:56And I'm not sure all of them have been correct in penalizing him, but it is a right old tussle
05:04that he's having with Tapsabur and Tah.
05:07Now Grimaldo, lovely cross, Hoffman's there!
05:11And Alex Grimaldo, the halftime substitute of Xabi Alonso's, makes the desired impact.
05:19We said it might be a moment of individual quality that Leverkusen needed to produce,
05:23and Grimaldo did just that with a peach of a cross that Jonas Hoffman heads home.
05:28And look at, please, the replay, the fantastic football.
05:32First over the middle, good passing football.
05:36Here you can see lots of bodies involved.
05:39Check this time, and then the perfect pass!
05:41There's enough space for Grimaldo to cross the ball with the second touch.
05:44And then, of course, Hoffman on his run, difficult to stop.
05:56But just listen to that response from the home crowd to falling behind.
06:03And that's why...
06:05But sometimes football can be such a simple game, having had to be so patient.
06:20Schick does well to hold off the challenge of Bootsen.
06:25Teller has Kremer for company, squeezed out.
06:30I think those are the moments, if we're honest, Stefan.
06:33Jena have invested a lot, but they haven't been rewarded with those little...
06:38I'm not sure that's a word we can ever use for Florian, if it's...
06:41For now, cross comes in.
06:43It's attacked as well.
06:44Bounces dangerously.
06:46Can they find...
06:47Parches!
06:48Riedemann!
06:57Elhaya losing out to turn provider here.
07:00They have packed out that front post.
07:04Dips dangerously.
07:05Pulls to the captain Bootsen.
07:09But he was on the stretch.
07:10It wasn't clean connection.
07:11And Kovac can save.
07:13Can't thread the needle, Lewicz.
07:15And they repel the danger.
07:17They had to get back quickly there, Carl Zeiss, Jena, and did.
07:20But just for a moment, Leverkusen had them looking vulnerable.
07:23The Carl Zeiss, Jena fans to our left in the Südkurve are swaying.
07:31Grimaldo to Florian Wirtz!
07:35Just looked like it was going to open up for a second, but the door quickly closed.
07:40Frimpong.
07:41Now to Florian Wirtz.
07:44Cuts inside and...
07:46Well, they did well to narrow the gap.
07:49Cuts inside and...
07:51Well, they did well to narrow the angle there.
07:58Not the best finish.
08:00Definitely changed the complexion of proceedings.
08:05But tonight, Leverkusen haven't been at their best.
08:08They've had to grind it out.
08:09They've still got a few more minutes to grind.
08:12Weinhauer.
08:14What a first touch to Elhaya.
08:16And has he got the corner?
08:17Yes, he has!
08:19Oh, goosebumps!
08:21And that's what we all love in cup games.
08:23The small team is still in the game and has a corner.
08:26Few minutes to go.
08:33Well, it wouldn't be for a winning goal, but can they channel some of that cup magic?
08:38Bützen is unmarked at the back post.
08:42What a chance!
08:43What a chance for Hamza Mukai!
08:49Fantastic to the second post.
08:53Bützen, good first touch.
08:55Tried to shoot, but Lukas on...
08:58This has had all the hallmarks of a cup classic
09:01without the high scoring affair it could have been.
09:10Kräver, tired now.
09:11Frimpong, the cutback!
09:14Did it!
09:14It is!
09:189, Patrik Schick.
09:19Yeah, using the pace from Frimpong, great layoff.
09:22But Dededes came quick from his line to make his body big.
09:27Not a bad idea, but it didn't quite come off for him.
09:29And that might be the final Jena salvo.
09:32Yeah, that looks like that last chance.
09:36A glorious night of cup action.
09:40In the final first round fixture of the season,
09:44the headline act as the title holders by Leverkusen
09:48began their title defense.