The "Green-Whites" ensured a quickstart on the road as veteran striker Claudio Pizarro broke the deadlock after tapping home a rebound from the post in the 8th minute.

Despite the early setback, Flensburg regrouped and responded well to level the scores in the 27th minute when Ilidio Pastor Santos' cross into the box found the back of the net.

Bremen took the gloves off and established a 3-1 advantage within the first half as Florian Kainz hammered home a long-range effort in the 38th minute before Davy Klaassen converted a foul play penalty just before the break.

After the restart, Florian Kohfeldt's men were not done with the scoring as substitute Martin Harnik provided another two goals to round off the 5-1 win on the road.

Elsewhere, Nuremberg edged Rostock 4-2 in the penalty shootout. Schalke came from behind to down Cologne 6-5 on penalties. Bayer Leverkusen crushed Borussia Monchengladbach 5-0. Holstein Kiel knocked out Freiburg 2-1. Duisburg beat Bielefeld 3-0 and Hoffenheim lost 2-0 to Leipzig.

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