DFB-Pokal wrap: Wolfsburg, Cologne dumped

Wolfsburg and Cologne were bundled out of the DFB-Pokal, while Bayern Munich scored six to advance to the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Steve McClaren’s Wolfsburg were beaten 3-1 by Bundesliga 2 club Energie Cottbus, leaving the future of the Englishman’s reign at the club in serious doubt.

A double from Nils Peterson, including a first-minute header, and a Shao Jiayi strike before the break gave the underdogs the advantage, before Edin Dzeko scored a consolation goal for Wolfsburg in the second half.

Duisburg also caused an upset, ousting Cologne to reach the last eight with a 2-1 victory.

Stefan Maierhofer and Julian Koch scored for the second-division side before Simon Terodde pulled a goal back late for Cologne but it was not enough to save them from being ousted from the German cup.

Bayern Munich flexed their proverbial muscle with a 6-3 win over Stuttgart at the Mercedes Benz Arena.

Andreas Ottl and Mario Gomez had the visitors two goals ahead after just eight minutes, and the signs were ominous for Stuttgart.

But a double from Pavel Pogrebnyak before half-time squared the ledger at 2-2.

Miroslav Klose put Bayern ahead seven minutes after the break, before Matthieu Delpierre equalised on 77 minutes, but not before Khalid Boulahrouz was sent off for Stuttgart.

Thomas Mueller scored for Bayern to give them the lead for a third time during the match, before Klose grabbed his second and Franck Ribery made it six for the visitors in their runaway victory.

Delpierre was also sent off in the 87th minute, leaving Stuttgart with just nine men on the field at the final whistle.

Ten-man Eintracht Frankfurt were ousted by Bundesliga 2 side Alemannia Aachen in a penalty shootout, after regulation and extra time finished all square at 1-1.

There were no goals in the opening 90 minutes, however Frankfurt were restricted to 10 men when Pirmin Schwegler was given his marching orders in the 14th minute.

Aachen’s Marco Hoger netted in the third minute of extra time, but substitute Martin Fenin equalised for Frankfurt to send the match into penalties, with the lower division side triumphing 5-3 to reach the quarter-finals.