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Hamburg and Bremen both suffer losses in first round of German Cup

Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen both lost in the first round of the German Cup to third-division teams Saturday.

Bremen, a five-time German Cup winner that meets Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday, lost 4-2 in a penalty shootout to Pirmasens. It was 1-1 after extra-time.

Bremen, which rested Germany internationals Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings and Per Mertesacker with slight injuries, trailed before Ivan Klasnic equalized in the 83rd.

Bremen captain Frank Baumann was ejected during extra time.

Hamburger SV lost 4-3 at Stuttgarter Kickers after trailing 2-0. It then scored goals through Boubacar Sanogo, Danijel Ljuboja and Guy Demel.

But Christian Okpala netted the equalizer in the 89th to send the match into extra-time, and Recep Yildiz converted a penalty in the 96th.

Hamburg _ which was missing several injured players, including Rafael van der Vaart and Juan Pablo Sorin _ plays Arsenal on Wednesday in the Champions League.

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