Hamburg cruised through to the quarter finals with a 3-0 win over Rot-Weiss Essen, while Stuttgart also progressed against a valiant Werder Bremen II.
Bundesliga Bielefeld were knocked out by an extra-time goal from Carl-Zeiss Jena. In the all-Bundesliga clash, Wolfsburg beat Schalke on penalties to go through.
Rot-Weiss Essen 0 Hamburg 3
Hamburg had few problems in disposing of Essen in this third round tie. Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring after just 6 minutes and the Hanseaten always had the game under control.
Second half goals from Piotr Trochowski and Ivica Olic made the scoreline look more comfortable for Huub Stevens’ side.
Carl-Zeiss Jena 2 Bielefeld 1 (aet)
Jena produced the result of the night by knocking out Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld. The top flight club took the lead shortly before half time through Artur Wichniarek.
However, the visitors conceded a late goal from Petersen to force extra-time and it was the home side that hit the all-important winner through a Simak penalty to see Bielefeld crash out to a lower league side.
Werder Bremen II 2 Stuttgart 3
Stuttgart had a much tougher time of it against Carl-Zeiss Jena. The Swabians found it difficult to get into the game against Werder’s amateurs but did take the lead with their first real effort on 29 minutes by Mario Gomez.
The German international then added two more before half-time to complete his hat-trick inside 16 minutes. Two second half goals from Heider and Peitz proved insufficient in the end as Thomas Wolter’s team were eased out by last year’s beaten finalists.
Wolfsburg 5 Schalke 3 (pens)
The most exciting match took place in Wolfsburg, where the home side beat Mirko Slomka’s side on penalties.
Peter Lövenkrands gave the Königsblauen the lead on 27 minutes rather against the run of play, only for the hosts pressure to pay off when Karimov headed in a late Marcelinho corner in stoppage time to force another 30 minutes.
With no further goals in normal or extra-time, the tie went to penalties with the home side triumphing. Karimov was again the hero scoring the decisive spot kick to seal a good win for Felix Magath.
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