Stuttgart secured a 2:3 victory over Turbine Potsdam Women in the Round of 32 of the German Cup on Saturday. The result sees the visitors advance in the competition, though the match itself offered little detail beyond the final scoreline. What emerged was a game where discipline proved crucial, with Turbine Potsdam reduced to ten players after receiving a red card.
The home side had been building something of a pattern recently, with that 2:1 win over Köln II on September 13th standing out from a mixed run. They'd lost three of their five league matches before this cup tie, including defeats to SGS Essen and Hertha Berlin. And here's the thing — you'd expect a cup match to demand more than what the record shows us.
Stuttgart arrived with mixed fortunes of their own. A draw against Werder Bremen on September 21st followed a loss to Wolfsburg, but they'd won their previous two matches against Hamburg and Hoffenheim. The visitors now move on, though whether this performance suggests anything meaningful remains unclear without more information about how the game unfolded.
The disciplinary record tells its own story. Turbine Potsdam's red card came with no yellow cards to precede it — a straight dismissal that changed the complexion of the encounter. Stuttgart kept their cards to themselves, but without knowing when or why the red card fell, or how it affected the match's dynamics, we're left with incomplete pictures.
By then, the result stands as it does: three points for Stuttgart in cup terms, though cup progress often depends on moments rather than sustained dominance. Turbine Potsdam will look to regroup after a campaign that's seen them lose more than they've won lately. The cup may offer redemption, or it may simply expose what's been troubling them in league play.
