In the last season 2023/2024 of the German cup in football, the so-called “DFB-Pokal”, a team from the 3rd league, 1. FC Saarbrücken, made it to the semi-finals. Not only does this seem to be a rare event, but they also eliminated three Bundesliga clubs in previous rounds. By the semi-finals, Bayer Leverkusen was the…