Overview
- Jena captain Toma Ihlenburg headed in from a corner in first-half stoppage time for the only goal.
- Union controlled long stretches and twice hit the bar through Dina Orschmann headers, but could not finish.
- A crowd of 4,664 watched at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei as Union exited in the Achtelfinale.
- Union’s squad remained injury-hit as Jenny Hipp returned to start, Athanasia Moraitou and goalkeeper Melanie Wagner made the bench, and 21-year-old Nadine Böhi debuted in the cup.
- Jena posed constant danger on counters and squandered a late overload, while Union’s Samantha Steuerwald missed a stoppage-time chance to equalize.