Makkabi Berlin, first Jewish club in the history of the German Cup

He makkabi from berlin went down in history this Sunday, August 13, 2023 by being the first Jewish team to participate in the German Cup. The Germans, who reached this stage after winning the Berlin Cup, were less fortunate in the result, as they were beaten by Wolfsburg (0-6), team that finished eighth last season at bundesliga.

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He TuS Makkabi Berlinfrom the fifth category, quickly found themselves at a disadvantage, as the visitors scored two early goals, the work of lukas nmecha and Jonas Wind, which vanished the hope of giving the bell. However the makkabi did not bow to the team sponsored by the automaker Volkswagen, and voahariniaina he was unlucky to see a goal disallowed for offside.

He Wolfsburg the gap widened at the start of the second half shots and Gerhardtand could have scored more if not for the goalkeeper jack krause, which got the biggest applause from the local fans. He cannot avoid, yes, the final goals of Baku and shots in the final stretch, but left a great performance under the stadium arch Julius-Hirsch-Sportanlage.

The Maccabees, founded by Holocaust survivors in 1970have already made history by qualifying for the 64-team German Cup – by winning the berlin cup-, became the first Jewish club to participate in the tournament since it began under the Nazi regime in 1935. At that time, Jews were excluded.

“The game is a longing, that has nothing historical,” he declared before the game Joseph Schuster, head of the Central Council of German Jews. “For 90 minutes (or more) it’s about seeing who wins a fair and sporting competition, nothing else. These moments provide the magic that I wish we had more often in our everyday society,” Schuster said without wanting to dramatize the conflict.

Eintracht won the fireworks

In other cup day matches, the Augsburg became the third group of bundesliga who was knocked out in the first round after losing 2-0 to unterhachingthird.

Last season’s runner-up, the Frankfurt Eintrachtprevailed 7-0 in Leipzig locomotive in a match that was repeatedly interrupted by fans throwing fireworks and other objects, forcing the referee to temporarily suspend the match.

He Oberachernfrom the fifth division, prevented the Freiburg for an hour before conceding the first goal, in what turned out to be a 2-0 win for the top flight, and the Heidenheim beat 8-0 in Rostocker FC.