In this 100% Bavarian clash, the Munich residents fully deserved their qualification against a twelfth Bundesliga opponent who had beaten them 1-0 in the league a month ago in the same stadium.
Borussia Dortmund also qualified, in Hanover (D2) 2-0, as did Freiburg, who came close to elimination at home against Sankt Pauli, who led 1-0 until the… 90th + 3 minutes of play and the unexpected equalizer from Matthias Ginter.
Third in the Bundesliga, Freiburg, crushed by Bayern 5-0 on Sunday in the league, ended up snatching qualification at the very end of extra time, thanks to a goal from the Austrian Michael Gregoritsch (120th).
Union Berlin, currently top of the league, qualified at home against second division team Heidenheim (2-0).
The surprise of the day came from the elimination on penalties of Werder Bremen, ninth in the Bundesliga, on the field of Paderborn, second in D2. Paderborn led 2-0 at half-time (2-2 at the end of regulation time and extra time).
Return of Thomas Müller
In Augsburg, Bayern conceded a goal in the 11th minute by Dane Mads Padersen, before scoring five! By Eric Choupo-Moting (27th, 59th), Joshua Kimmich (53rd), Jamal Musiala (74th) and Alphonso Davies (90+1). French defender Dayot Upamecano had allowed Augsburg to come back to 3-2 by scoring against his camp (65th).
Thomas Müller and Kingsley Coman, who returned from injury, came on in the second half for Bayern, whose goal was kept by Sven Ulreich in the absence of Manuel Neuer, injured in a shoulder.
In Hanover, the first goal was scored against his side by the young (19) defender of Hanover Bright Akwo Arrey-Mbi, who deflected an opposing strike and took his goalkeeper Leo Weinkauf on the wrong foot (11th).
Then the Englishman Jude Bellingham put Borussia away in the 72nd minute, from the penalty spot. The Ruhr team finished at ten after the exclusion of Karim Adeyemi (85th), who entered during the second period.
Eighth in the Bundesliga after ten days, Dortmund, runner-up to Bayern last season, remained on a 2-0 defeat at leader Union Berlin on Sunday in the league.
Borussia, far from Bayern’s twenty trophies, have won the German Cup five times, the last of which was in 2021.
