BERLIN (AP) — Defending champion Leipzig booked its place in the third round of the German Cup with a 4-0 win at home over second-division team Hamburger SV, while Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz also progressed on Tuesday.
Two goals in three minutes from Danish forward Yussuf Poulsen set Leipzig on its way and Mohamed Simakan and Benjamin Henrichs completed the win in the second half.
Leipzig defeated Freiburg in the final last season for the club’s first major trophy after its founding in 2009.
Early goals from Randal Kolo Muani and Hrvoje Smolcic helped a weakened Frankfurt team ease to a 2-0 win at fifth-tier team Stuttgarter Kickers, while Mainz also had little trouble with a 3-0 win at Lübeck, which plays at fourth-tier level.
Also, second-division club Nuremberg won 1-0 at third-division rival Waldhof Mannheim.
Borussia Mönchengladbach was among the Bundesliga teams playing later.
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