While FC Augsburg only just escaped a cup exit at a third-division club, Mainz 05 crashed out in the second round of the DFB Cup. Eintracht Frankfurt swept aside an understrength HSV.
After their fourth Bundesliga defeat in six games, VfB Stuttgart must be considered to be in crisis. At least the ambitious Swabians did not hold back in their self-criticism after losing 1-0 away to Hamburger SV on Saturday.
Jubilation in the north, gloom for the European specialists from Swabia: Hamburger SV have deepened VfB Stuttgart’s “league crisis” and celebrated a third successive Bundesliga win.
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