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Berlin: Frankfurt progressed into the last four after beating second-division side Arminia Bielfeld 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.<\/p>\nBerlin: Frankfurt progressed into the last four after beating second-division side Arminia Bielfeld 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.<\/p>\n
Both sides staged fast paced encounter in the opening period with promising chances at both ends of the pitch on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n
The hosts, however, showed a clinical chance conversion and broke the deadlock with just six minutes into the game as Danny Blum capitalised on a deflected cross to tap home from close range.<\/p>\n
It remained the only goal of the match but the lower league side kept it bowling and pressed frenetically for the equaliser.<\/p>\n
But their efforts remained fruitless as the “Eagles” were able to protect the narrow lead to the end.<\/p>\n
“I am not satisfied with the team’s performance but ultimately I am happy that we have reached the semi-finals,” Eintracht Frankfurt’s head coach Niko Kovac said.<\/p>\n
“We always tried to play offensively minded but we still conceded a goal,” Arminia Bielefeld’s head coach Juergen Kramny said.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, the other quarterfinal fixture between Borussia Dortmund and third-division team Lotte has been postponed due to an unplayable pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Berlin: Frankfurt progressed into the last four after beating second-division side Arminia Bielfeld 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the German Cup.<\/p>\n
Both sides staged fast paced encounter in the opening period with promising chances at both ends of the pitch on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n
The hosts, however, showed a clinical chance conversion and broke the deadlock with just six minutes into the game as Danny Blum capitalised on a deflected cross to tap home from close range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[21626,12975,21203,21271,466],"class_list":["post-33727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-arminia-bielfeld","tag-football-news","tag-frankfurt","tag-german-cup","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"\n