The time is edging ever-closer to the Mannheim vs Eintracht Frankfurt DFB-Pokal clash which kicks off very shortly, and the teams have just been announced.
First off, the starting line-up for Mannheim which is confirmed as follows:
Mannheim
Timo Königsmann #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 86kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Anton Donkor #19
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Alexander Rossipal
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Stuttgart, Germany
Marcel Seegert #5
Defender
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Mannheim, Germany
Jesper Verlaat #4
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 89kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Netherlands
Place of birth: Zaanstad, Netherlands
Niklas Sommer #2
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Dessau, Germany
Marcel Costly #17
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Achim, Germany
Stefano Russo #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
Marc Schnatterer #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Heilbronn, Germany
Joseph Boyamba #9
Forward
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Troisdorf, Germany
Dominik Martinović #22
Forward
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Croatia
Place of birth: Stuttgart, Germany
The starting line-up for Eintracht Frankfurt has also been confirmed as:
Eintracht Frankfurt
Kevin Trapp #22
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Merzig, Germany
Christopher Lenz #25
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Lucas Silva Melo #35
Also known as Tuta
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: São Paulo , Brazil
Martin Hinteregger #4
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Feldkirchen, Austria
Evan Ndicka #2
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 21
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Paris, France
Danny da Costa #24
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Neuss, Germany
Djibril Sow #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Zürich, Switzerland
Sebastian Rode #17
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany
Daichi Kamada #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Ehime, Japan
Jesper Lindstrøm #29
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Taastrup, Denmark
Rafael Borré #18
Forward
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 25
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