Giant-killers Saarbrücken ready for ‘game of the century’ in German cup | Football
“We’re calling it the Jahrhundertspiel,” Kai Brünker says over the cellphone from Saarbrücken. “The sport of the century. A giant sport, a derby, and it’s in a cup semi‑last. Everyone is talking about it. You go to the bakery, individuals are talking about it. You go into the town, you go for a stroll, and individuals are saying: ‘It’s a must to win in opposition to ’Slautern!’”For the Saarbrücken coach, Rüdiger Ziehl, the reminder that that is no odd week comes with the fixed pinging of his cellphone from pals and informal acquaintances pestering him for a ticket. On Tuesday night time the third-division aspect from the very west of Germany, pinned proper up in opposition to the French border, will write the subsequent chapter in one of the vital exceptional tales anyplace in European soccer this season. The continent rejoiced in unison when Saarbrücken knocked out Bayern Munich within the second spherical of the DFB-Pokal in November. However just about no one anticipated what occurred subsequent: a 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt within the final 16, earlier than Borussia Mönchengladbach were beaten by a 93rd-minute winner from Brünker this month. Now comes a semi-final in…