Mainz 05 will face VfB Krieschow in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. The Bundesliga team will have to travel a long distance. 05-Sportdirektor Niko Bungert said: „The draw is characteristic of the special thing about the DFB-Pokal. We are facing a small club, for whom the game will be an absolute highlight. Such duels make the competition. As a Bundesliga team, it's about doing justice to our favorite role in a certainly emotional atmosphere. That makes it exciting and we will not make the mistake of underestimating the task. For our fans, we would have liked a less adventurous journey in the first official game of the new season, but we will take it as it is now.“ VfB-Trainer Robert Koch had wished for Frankfurt. In Krieschow, many fans of the club had gathered to watch the draw together. In the framework of the „ARD-Sportschau“, Ex-Schiedsrichter Deniz Aytekin drew the lots in the German Football Museum in Dortmund. A clip showed that the people in Krieschow reacted with disappointment to the draw Mainz. VfB-Trainer Robert Koch, former professional from Dynamo Dresden, had wished for his favorite club Eintracht Frankfurt as opponents before the draw. And said then: „We are satisfied with the draw. Through the rivalry between Eintracht and Mainz, I am then particularly motivated.“