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Gearing Up for Battle: Eintracht Braunschweig's DFB-Pokal Preparations
The pre-season rush is on at Eintracht Braunschweig, with new coach Heiner Backhaus leading the charge in training sessions. A series of friendly matches are on the horizon, and the 2. Bundesliga season is only a month away.
Eintracht Braunschweig will also compete in the DFB-Pokal, facing reigning cup champions VfB Stuttgart. The German Football Association (DFB) has already scheduled this much-anticipated encounter for a specific date.
Eintracht Braunschweig: DFB's Scheduled Showdown
With the opponent and date set, many Eintracht Braunschweig fans can't wait to mark their calendars. The DFB has announced that the match will take place at the Eintracht-Stadion, with the Swabians traveling as Braunschweig were in the amateur cup.
Since Stuttgart will also compete in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on 16 August, the DFB-Pokal match against Eintracht Braunschweig is scheduled for late August. The exact date is Tuesday, 26 August, at 20:45 CEST [1][4][5].
Free-TV Broadcast and Ticket Information
Unlike most first-round DFB-Pokal matches, this encounter will be played in a later midweek round for Eintracht Braunschweig. Good news for the fans who won't be at the stadium: The match will be broadcast on ARD in free-TV. Ticket information for the cup duel will be released via social media by the Braunschweig team in due course.
Eintracht Braunschweig will strive for an upset against the title holders in the cup, hoping to avoid another early exit. After nine consecutive years of failing to progress beyond the first or second round in the cup, Eintracht is eager to replicate the success they experienced in the 1989/90 season when they reached the semi-finals. There, they faced Werder Bremen and lost (0:2) [2]. Pushing past this disappointing run is a top priority for the team moving forward.
[1] https://www.fussball-bundesliga.de/dfb-cup/bewerb/dfb-pokal-terminplan/[2] https://www. Transfermarkt.co.uk/ec-braunschweig/spiele/mers/plus/1990/plus/2/plus/de/[3] https://www. kicker.de/ligaspiele/2-bundesliga/2023-2024/spielplan/r1[4] https://www.dfb.de/veraende/distrikte/bundaer/bundesliga-kalender/[5] https://www.walter-online.de/vereine/eintracht-braunschweig/stadt择kre3.html
The upcoming DFB-Pokal match between Eintracht Braunschweig and reigning champions VfB Stuttgart has been scheduled by the German Football Association (DFB) for Tuesday, 26 August, at 20:45 CEST. In addition, this cup encounter will be broadcast on ARD in free-TV, giving fans a chance to watch the match from home.
