Soccer Football - DFB Cup - First Round - FC Kaiserslautern v 1.FSV Mainz 05 - Fritz-Walter Stadium, Kaiserslautern, Germany - August 10, 2019 FC Kaiserslautern's Manfred Starke scores their first goal from the penalty spot REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bundesliga clubs Mainz 05 and Augsburg became the first top-tier clubs to crash out of the German Cup on Saturday after suffering shock first-round losses to a regional league and third division club respectively.
Third-tier Kaiserslautern beat Mainz 2-0 in front of a 40,000 home crowd while Augsburg crashed out at fourth-division club SC Verl 2-1.
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