Das endgültige Abkommen: Der 1. FC Saarbrücken hat die Verpflichtung eines weiteren Starspielers bekannt gegeben, um … zu ersetzen.

Third-division team FC Saarbrücken’s fairytale journey in the German Cup came to an end after a 2-0 defeat by FC Kaiserslautern in the semi-finals.

The underdogs had previously pulled off stunning victories against Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Eintracht Frankfurt to reach the DFB-Pokal semi-finals.

However, their dreams of making it to the final were shattered by second-half goals from Marlon Ritter and Almamy Touré.

Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen will take on Düsseldorf in the second semi-final on Wednesday.

This marks the first time since 2003 that Kaiserslautern has made it to the final, where they were defeated by Bayern Munich.