Dortmund's German Cup Hopes Dashed by Leverkusen's Late Strike

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Bayer Leverkusen's Ibrahim Maza scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup's last 16 round on Tuesday, sending the Bundesliga heavyweights packing. The match was a reversal of fortunes for Leverkusen, who had lost 2-1 to Dortmund in their previous Bundesliga encounter just three days prior. Leverkusen will now face RB Leipzig, who edged past Magdeburg 3-1 at home, in the quarterfinals, along with Hertha Berlin and St Pauli, who won their respective matches earlier on Tuesday. The match saw Dortmund's Carney Chukwuemeka have a penalty shout waved away in the early stages, while Leverkusen's Maza scored the decisive goal with a well-placed strike in the 34th minute. Leverkusen had another goal disallowed on the hour mark, but it was too little, too late for Dortmund. In other German Cup action, Christoph Baumgartner scored twice to help RB Leipzig come from behind to beat Magdeburg 3-1. Elsewhere, St Pauli snapped their nine-match Bundesliga losing streak by beating Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1, while Hertha Berlin thrashed Kaiserslautern 6-1, with 16-year-old Kennet Eichhorn becoming the youngest goalscorer in the competition's history. The results set the stage for the quarterfinals, with Bayern Munich set to face Union Berlin on Wednesday and holders Stuttgart facing Bochum.