Dortmund survives VAR drama, Leverkusen upset in German Cup

Borussia Dortmund survived late VAR drama to achieve the quarterfinals of the German Cup, whereas Bayer Leverkusen was shocked by fourth-tier workforce Rot-Weiss Essen.
Dortmund endured a nervy finale earlier than Erling Haaland lastly sealed a 3-2 win in further time over second-division Paderborn on Tuesday.
The Norwegian thought he’d sealed the victory in regular time when he made it a 3-1 for Dortmund on a counterattack.
But referee Tobias Stieler was alerted to a attainable foul by Felix Passlack on Paderborn captain Sebastian Schonlau on the different finish. Stieler consulted video replays and awarded the penalty.Highlights:
Haaland’s aim was duly chalked off and Paderborn ahead Prince Osei Owusu equalized from the spot within the seventh minute of damage time to ship the sport to further time.
As if in defiance of the decision, Haaland raced clear to attain one other aim in related style to make it 3-2 within the fifth minute of additional time.
There was one other prolonged delay for the following VAR test to see if the Norwegian had been offside. This time the aim was allowed, although Stieler felt the necessity to personally clarify why to Paderborn coach Steffen Baumgart because it had been such a marginal name. It proved to be the profitable aim.

Emre Can opened the scoring within the ninth minute when Paderborn’s protection didn’t take care of Jadon Sancho’s nook. The ball saved coming again earlier than falling kindly for Can to let fly together with his left boot to attain.
Haaland despatched Sancho on his method to rating Dortmund’s second within the sixteenth and it appeared like Dortmund would go on to a different stroll after a 5-0 win over Duisburg and 2-0 win over Eintracht Braunschweig within the earlier rounds.
But Paderborn improved and a mistake from goalkeeper Marwin Hitz allowed Julian Justvan to tug one again with simply over 10 minutes of regular time remaining.
Owusu’s penalty despatched it to further time and Dortmund completed the match holding on for the ultimate whistle as Justvan fired over with the final kick of the sport.
LEVERKUSEN KNOCKED OUT
Rot-Weiss Essen struck twice in further time to knock Leverkusen out with a 2-1 defeat.
Leverkusen, final yr’s crushed finalist, struck the submit 4 instances whereas lacking a number of possibilities earlier than Leon Bailey lastly broke the impasse within the one hundred and fifth minute. The Jamaican ahead stayed cool and side-footed contained in the far submit.
However, Essen midfielder Oguzhan Kefkir equalized three minutes later and Simon Engelmann accomplished a outstanding turnaround when he netted the winner within the 117th.
Leverkusen complained that new signing Timothy Fosu-Mensah was fouled within the buildup, however hopes of a last-minute reprieve had been thwarted when the aim was cleared by the video referee.
Holstein Kiel, which knocked out defending champion Bayern Munich within the earlier spherical, defeated second-division rival Darmstadt 7-6 in a penalty shootout after their third-round sport ended 1-1 with further time.
Werder Bremen defeated second-division Greuther Furth 2-0.