Bayern confidently overcome the Paderborn cup hurdle

Paderborn (SID) Bayern Munich confidently cleared its first knockout hurdle in 2018 and can continue to dream of the second treble in the club's history. The record champions and undisputed Bundesliga table leaders defeated the brave third division leaders SC Paderborn 6-0 (3-0) in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. Kingsley Coman (19th), Robert Lewandowski (25th), Joshua Kimmich (42nd), substitute Corentin Tolisso (55th) and Arjen Robben (86th, 88th) scored the record cup winner in front of 15.000 spectators in the sold-out Benteler- Arena reached the semi-finals for the ninth time in a row. Under coach Jupp Heynckes, FC Bayern, who are firmly aiming for their 28th Bundesliga title, celebrated their 20th win in their 21st game. However, the evaluation of the entire Bayern season will be determined by the performance in the remaining games in the DFB Cup and the Champions League. "We take SC Paderborn very seriously. It will be a real cup fight. A team like FC Bayern cannot allow itself to act with the handbrake on," said Heynckes, who led Bayern Munich to the first treble in the club's history in 2012/13 , said before the game and urged his players to be serious. After the poor performance in the 2-0 win in the Bundesliga at Mainz 05, the 72-year-old changed his starting eleven to seven positions. Among others, striker Lewandowski, Coman and Arjen Robben returned to the starting line-up. Bayern had their first good chance in the 3rd minute with Lewandowski's header. But in sub-zero temperatures, Paderborn appeared brave and forced the favorites to lose a few balls by aggressively running on the difficult-to-play pitch. In the 8th minute, SCP defender Sebastian Schonlau even put the ball in Sven Ulreich's goal, but referee Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart) ruled it offside. The video referee, who was used for the first time in a DFB Cup game, did not intervene. The 18-time cup winner from Munich didn't let the pressure from the bold Paderborn team make him nervous. First, Lewandowski (18th) tested SCP goalkeeper Michael Ratajczak again. A minute later, Coman made it 1-0 after Robben initially missed. With Lewandowski making it 2-0 on an assist from Coman, the preliminary decision had already been made halfway through the first half. While Paderborn continued to be occasionally dangerous offensively, especially through set pieces from Marlon Ritter, Kimmich increased the lead to 3-0 before the break after an opening pass from Mats Hummels. The former first division team from Paderborn, who were in the last eight for the first time, came out of the locker room bravely despite the clear deficit. Even the fourth goal conceded by Tolisso, who came on as a substitute for world champion Thomas Müller, did not break the morale of coach Steffen Baumgart's team, who hit the post through Ben Zolinski (56th) and missed the consolation goal through Phillip Tietz in front of the empty goal (80th). Shortly before the end Robben scored twice.

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