Traveling by plane, respect for the opponent: 1. FC Magdeburg is not taking the cup match at fourth-division soccer club FV Illertissen lightly. "Everyone knows the danger. We get the boys in the right mood for a game like this, but they have to put it into practice on the pitch," said coach Petrik Sander on the special nature of the DFB Cup match on Wednesday (18:00) against lower-ranked opponents.
Magdeburg's regular central defender Jean Hugonet will not be able to play after suffering a partial tear of the medial ligament in his right knee. The Frenchman is expected to be out for six weeks. "We're not going to start a rotation machine, but we will make changes at certain points," announced Sander.
