Initial reactions and Observations<\/p>\n
Harry Kane is the best player in the world. Argue with the wall.Dayot Upamecano, what a player he is too. He\u2019s had one of his best performances this season today along with the Real Madrid games.Overall: a pretty good season for Bayern.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it, everyone! Thank you so much for being around to watch Bayern\u2019s last match of the 2025\/26 season. We\u2019ve got the World Cup coming up so get ready to watch Leroy Sane again (noooooooo). Until next time!<\/p>\n
90+8\u2019 \u2014 Full time! Bayern is the DFB-Pokal champion for the first time in six years!<\/p>\n
90+4\u2019 \u2014 Hiroki Ito, Raphael Guerreiro, and Tom Bischof all come on.<\/p>\n
90+2\u2019 \u2014 TOR! HARRY KANE SCORES THE PENALTY TO GET A HAT-TRICK!<\/p>\n
90\u2019 \u2014 Seven minutes are added on!<\/p>\n
89\u2019 \u2014 Michael Olise has a pop from distance but it goes off a defender and out.<\/p>\n
80\u2019 \u2014 TOR! Harry Kane scores after his initial shot came off the woodwork and he combined with his teammates to score. Bayern now 2-0 up!<\/p>\n
76\u2019 \u2014 Lennart Karl comes on for Jamal Musiala.<\/p>\n
68\u2019 \u2014 Musiala (?) seems to have missed the goal. It was a decent shot, though.<\/p>\n
67\u2019 \u2014 This smog is making it difficult to see what\u2019s happening on the pitch.<\/p>\n
61\u2019 \u2014 Konrad Laimer misses a sitter. Oh dear\u2026<\/p>\n
60\u2019 \u2014 The match has resumed.<\/p>\n
57\u2019 \u2014 The match is temporarily suspended as pyro smoke is clouding the stadium.<\/p>\n
55\u2019 \u2014 TOR! Kimmich takes the free kick quick and passes it to Olise out wide. Olise dribbles down the wing and crosses it for Kane who heads it powerfully into the net. Bayern lead!<\/p>\n
54\u2019 \u2014 Chris F\u00fchrich pulls Olise down and is given a yellow card.<\/p>\n
46\u2019 \u2014 Second half has begun!<\/p>\n
Bayern couldn\u2019t play their usual game because Stuttgart is being too aggressive with the play.This ref is not helping either, letting so many off-the-ball fouls slide.There\u2019s enough time for Bayern to draw first blood in this match.<\/p>\n
45\u2019 \u2014 Only one minute is added on (after all those [non-]fouls, really?).<\/p>\n
42\u2019 \u2014 Bayern has a free-kick a bit far out. Joshua Kimmich lobs it in, and nothing comes from it. Kane got clobbered in the box and it wasn\u2019t even called for a foul.<\/p>\n
32\u2019 \u2014 Bayern pile bodies into the Stuttgart box but the final ball was lacking.<\/p>\n
28\u2019 \u2014 Bayern slowly getting into the game but still no goal to show for it.<\/p>\n
17\u2019 \u2014 Maximilian Mittelst\u00e4dt shoots from distance but Urbig dives low to his left just in time to put it behind.<\/p>\n
15\u2019 \u2014 Michael Olise tried sliding in Jamal Musiala on the byline, but the pass had too much weight and goes out for a goal kick.<\/p>\n
13\u2019 \u2014 Harry Kane fires from distance but the shot is wide; he was offside as well.<\/p>\n
11\u2019 \u2014 Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho is in the stands, watching the match.<\/p>\n
9\u2019 \u2014 Deniz Undav tries shooting from a narrow angle but hits the side netting.<\/p>\n
4\u2019 \u2014 A Stuttgart player blasts the shot over the bar.<\/p>\n
2\u2019 \u2014 Stuttgart get a corner and the header is saved by Jonas Urbig. Michael Olise is subsequently fouled.<\/p>\n
Kickoff \u2014 LET\u2019S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!<\/p>\n
Lineups are out! Vincent Kompany is rolling with a widely predicted near-full strength team:<\/p>\n
Bayern Munich plays its final match of the 2025\/26 season today in the DFB-Pokal final. The Bavarians will play Franz Beckenbauer Supercup runners-up VfB Stuttgart whom they have bested for three straight matches since said competition. Bayern hasn\u2019t won the Pokal since beating Bayer Leverkusen six years ago, so now they\u2019ll be making up for lost time with a win.<\/p>\n
Location: Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n
Kickoff: 8:00 PM Local time | 2:00 PM EST | 11:00 AM PST<\/p>\n
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