“The DFB-Pokal – the really big thing”: Kristian Arambasic became an annual-review legend with his dressing-room speech to SG Aumund-Vegesack before the cup match against Hoffenheim on 3 August 2013. “DFB-Pokal, the really big thing, that is what we have here today,” he roared, before promising to rip Hoffenheim apart. That worked only up to a point. After a goalless first half, Hoffe showed the amateurs where the hammer hung and won 9–0. Along with a 9–0 against USC Paloma Hamburg, it remained Hoffenheim’s biggest DFB-Pokal win by December 2019.
