VfB Stuttgart is a cup winner. The final against third division club Bielefeld is unilaterally unilaterally.
Angelo Stiller ran inspired by the cup victory in front of the fan curve, on the opposite side rolled tears of disappointment with the brave outsider from Bielefeld: VfB Stuttgart won a long one-sided final with 4: 2 (3-0) and won the DFB Cup for the fourth time in the history of the club.
“We wrote history today,” said CEO Alexander Wehrle on “ZDF”, while in the background the Bengal Fire lit up the sky.
New national striker Nick Woltemade (15th), lightning returnee Angelo Stiller and Deniz Undav (28th) met for the Stuttgart in the sold-out Berlin Olympic Stadium. “Today we won’t go to bed. Excluded!” Said Wehrle. Because of the fourth cup victory after 1954, 1958 and 1997, the Swabians saved a season that had been disappointing with ninth place in the Bundesliga.
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“I’m ready. The emotions come up. I can’t put it in words to celebrate with our fans here. This is the most beautiful feeling that you can have, I think. I am overwhelmed,” said Stuttgart Maximilian Mitteldstädt in “ZDF”.
The goal of Julian Kania (82nd) and the own goal of Josha Vagnoman (85th) came too late for outsiders Bielefeld.
Sports Managing Director Michael Mutzel nevertheless praised his team: “I am incredibly proud of the team. We gave everything and never gave up. We played a brave football game.”
The Swabians’ victory was nevertheless deserved. VfB thus celebrated its first title since the 2007 championship and solved the ticket for the Europa League, while Bielefeld’s dream of the greatest success of the 120-year club history burst from the previous rounds according to the heroicism.
A very special moment was the magical night of Berlin for VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß. The coach entered the footsteps of his famous family by winning the trophy. Uncle Uli had won the Cup as a FC Bayern player once and as a functional twelve times. Papa Dieter Hoeneß won him three times with Bayern.
Hoeneß brings Stiller in the starting eleven
In the Olympic Stadium, Hoeneß relied on the returnee of Stiller, who just pushed into the starting eleven two weeks after his ligament injury in the ankle. The national player is “close to 100 percent,” said the coach on the “ZDF” that Stiller is “able to perform from zero to 100.” The 24-year-old tried immediately to boost the VfB game as usual, but initially no class difference was noticeable.
At the beginning, Bielefeld showed the nervousness with individual small stick errors, but the outsider bravely searched the way forward. And almost shocked the favorite. After a strong combination, Arminia striker Joel Grodowski found the undisturbed Noah Sarenren Bazeee (12th) in the penalty area, who only hit the crossbar from five meters. But Stuttgart had Stiller, who became stronger with every action.
Just two minutes after the Fast deficit, the midfield director put through the recently appointed by national coach Julian Nagelsmann for the final Four of the Nations League to the national team. The trophy expert, who was now successful in five out of six rounds, shook Bielefeld’s Stefano Russo and executed ice cold in a duel with Arminia goalkeeper Jonas Kersken. Even if the Arminia tried to strike back, Stuttgart bribed with efficiency.
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According to Bielefeld corner, VfB countered the team of coach Mitch Kniat Kniat quickly, Millot only had to insert after the Undav template. The VfB now mercilessly punished almost every mistake, the Arminia wobbled defensively. In midfield, Stiller Bielefeld’s Maximilian Große loses the ball and staged Undav, who easily converted against Kersken. According to data service Opta, no club scored three goals in the cup final so early.
Immediately after the break, Stuttgart continued pressure, Kerksen parried a shot from Woltemade (47th) with the foot. In the supposed certainty of the safe victory, Hoeneß ‘team acted a little sluts in the exploitation of opportunities. Only and only moved Undav (51.) from a distance before he unnecessarily transferred after a piece of cabinet in the sixteen, instead of completing himself.
Millot made it better after a bad pass from Louis Oppie – it was the fourth individual mistake who led to a goal that evening. Bielefeld actually came back in the final phase, but it was too late.