2011 DFB-Pokal final

2011 DFB-Pokal Final

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Event	2010–11 DFB-Pokal
MSV Duisburg Schalke 04 0 5
Date	21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)[1]
Attendance	75,708
Weather	Scattered clouds 22 °C (72 °F) 34% humidity[2]
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The 2010–11 DFB-Pokal season came to a close on 21 May 2011 when Duisburg played against Schalke 04 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. For the first time since 2004, a team from the 2. Bundesliga reached the final.

Schalke 04 won the cup for the fifth time after defeating Duisburg 5–0.^[3]

The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[4]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

The game started off with both teams neutralizing each other in the midfield area. Schalke had a little edge but could no create any chances for themselves. A few quick passes from the frontline of Schalke confused the defense from Duisburg after 18 minutes and Julian Draxler broke through between two defenders and made the opening goal from 20 metres. Schalke had then control over the game and as Jefferson Farfán made a run on the right side Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was ready for the cross to score the 2–0 just four minutes later. Schalke had a few other chances to raise the lead but after 30 minutes Duisburg got better into the game, and had some chances. The biggest one had Sefa Yılmaz after he had an open lane to the goal but somehow waited too long and the defence recovered and his shot went wide right. Later, Manuel Schäffler had a chance when he had his back to the goal with Christoph Metzelder on his back but his shot had not enough power to go past Manuel Neuer's goal. Schalke was struggling but Benedikt Höwedes scored the third goal two minutes before halftime after a corner kick where David Yelldell misread the ball and was too late. After the half-time, the game was decided when José Manuel Jurado scored the 4–0 after a nice pass from Huntelaar with more than 30 minutes to go. After that goal Schalke 04 controlled the pace of the game and Huntelaar scored his second goal after Ivica Banović from Duisburg passes to Goran Šukalo who lost the ball and Huntelaar scored from 10 metres after 70 minutes. Not much chances afterwards and the game ended in a comfortable 5–0 for Schalke 04 for their fifth title.^[5]

MSV Duisburg

Schalke 04

GK 18 David Yelldell RB 6 Benjamin Kern  77' CB 5 Daniel Reiche  60' CB 25 Branimir Bajić LB 28 Olivier Veigneau DM 15 Goran Šukalo  24' CM 4 Ivica Banović CM 20 Ivica Grlić (c) RW 32 Sefa Yılmaz CF 22 Manuel Schäffler LW 11 Olcay Şahan Substitutes: GK 1 Marcel Herzog DF 17 Sven Theißen DF 21 André Hoffmann MF 10 Filip Trojan  60' MF 29 Burakcan Kunt FW 19 Stefan Maierhofer FW 27 Maurice Exslager  77' Manager: Milan Šašić

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 4 Benedikt Höwedes CB 14 Kyriakos Papadopoulos CB 21 Christoph Metzelder LB 2 Hans Sarpei  43' RW 17 Jefferson Farfán CM 12 Peer Kluge  81' CM 18 José Manuel Jurado LW 31 Julian Draxler  72' SS 7 Raúl CF 25 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Substitutes: GK 33 Mathias Schober DF 3 Sergio Escudero  43' DF 22 Atsuto Uchida  81' MF 11 Alexander Baumjohann MF 32 Joël Matip  72' FW 9 Edu FW 19 Mario Gavranović Manager: Ralf Rangnick

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