Nico

evening turf duel

On Wednesday evening (8.45 p.m.), in the DFB Cup, there will not only be a grass duel between VfL Bochum and Borussia Dortmund, but also – if both play – a direct duel between the brothers Keven Schlotterbeck (25) and Nico Schlotterbeck (23) . This is the second time the two defenders have faced each other in the cup, something like this has only happened once before in the DFB Cup, as a query in the TM database has shown.

The Schlotterbecks have already faced each other in the second round of the 2019/20 season, at the time with SC Freiburg (Nico) and 1. FC Union Berlin (Keven) – the latter eventually won 3-1 with his crew. The DFB Cup TM data is extensive – but truly comprehensive for all rounds and matches since the early 1990s. and at least three times since the first event in 1935.

There was only one repeat like Wednesday evening: In 1985/86, brothers Thomas and Klaus Allofs clashed with 1. FC Kaiserslautern and 1. FC Köln – with the best ending for the former (4 :1 aet). Thomas Allofs scored FCK’s first goal after four minutes. In September 1991, his older brother Klaus was able to exact revenge when he and his SV Werder Bremen beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-1 and scored to make it 2-0.

« I hope my brother plays and doesn’t play such a good game that he bothers us a bit, » Nico Schlotterbeck joked over the weekend, watching the duel against Keven. Neither made a bet: « We’ll let it come to us now. » You never know if both are playing or if one is playing at all. Like I said, I want to win. He wants to win. I hope the best club of the day will win and I hope it will be us.

Keven Schlotterbeck said on ‘Sky’: « It’s a great game. And yeah, why not beat BVB when you’re so far away? » Asked about his brother Nico, he replied: « Of course you try to stimulate yourself a bit so that you can get the best out of yourself. »

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