A spectator ran onto the pitch and hit Franck Ribery with a scarf in stoppage time of Bayern Munich's 3-1 victory at Hamburg in the second round of the DFB-Pokal on Wednesday.
The man ran the width of the field before hitting the French winger, who had secured victory for the cup holders. The intruder was caught by guards and escorted from the pitch.
"Fortunately, nothing much happened," a relaxed and smiling Ribery told German television after the match. "It was a difficult situation. I didn't see him coming."
Ribery had been booed by Hamburg fans every time he touched the ball. Bayern took advantage of a dreadful Hamburg mistake and a poor refereeing decision to take a two-goal lead before Ribery scored with a deflected shot in the second half.
Robert Lewandowski and David Alaba scored the first two goals for Bayern, while Pierre-Michel Lasogga netted a late consolation goal for Hamburg.
Thomas Muller anticipated a horrible back pass from Heiko Westermann, picked up the ball and fed Lewandowski, whose first effort was cleared off the line by Johan Djourou. But the ball fell for Lewandowski, who drilled it inside the post in the seventh minute.
Muller netted himself later but had the strike disallowed for offside before Alaba doubled the lead shortly before half-time.
Bayern were given a throw-in although the ball had bounced off captain Philipp Lahm. With Hamburg's players still out of position, Xabi Alonso got the ball from the throw-in and fed Alaba, who fired home from nearly 30 yards. Hamburg goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny got his hands on the shot but couldn't keep it out, and Bayern had a comfortable lead despite creating few chances.
Ribery's shot from the edge of the box in the 55th minute deflected off Djourou, wrongfooting Drobny, and put the match beyond doubt. Drobny made a pair of late saves to keep the score respectable.
Other top Bundesliga teams also won, but 10-man Bayer Leverkusen only prevailed in a shootout over fourth-division Magdeburg, with goalkeeper Bernd Leno saving three penalties.
Leverkusen levelled the scores at 2-2 five minutes from the end of extra time, after playing with 10 men from the 78th-minute following a red card for Son Heung-min.
Emir Spahic and Stefan Kiessling missed penalties as Leverkusen fell a goal behind in the shootout, but Leno then produced three saves to give Leverkusen the victory.
Borussia Moenchengladbach won 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Moenchengladbach's goals came from Thorgan Hazard and Ibrahima Traora as their team stretched their unbeaten run to 16 matches in all competitions, one short of the club record.
Hoffenheim beat second-division FSV Frankfurt 5-1 with two goals from Roberto Firmino, while Sven Schipplock, Janick Vestergaard and Anthony Modeste also scored.
Wolfsburg defeated second-division Heidenheim 4-1, as the top-flight club erased a first-half deficit when Daniel Caligiuri and Bas Dost scored before the break, and afterwards Luis Gustavo added a brace.
Freiburg got a hat trick from Admir Mehmedi to beat second-tier 1860 Munich 5-2.
Elswhere, RB Leipzig defeated Erzgebirge Aue 3-1 after extra-time and Eintracht Braunschweig won 1-0 at Wurzburger Kickers.
On Tuesday, Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen both comfortably progressed against lower-league opposition.