📆 Bayern's last DFB-Pokal final: what the world looked like then!
It’s hard to believe. But it’s been quite a while since FC Bayern last made it to a DFB Cup final.With yesterday’s 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen, the Munich side ended their drought and booked t...
📆 Bayern's last DFB-Pokal final: what the world looked like then! It’s hard to believe. But it’s been quite a while since FC Bayern last made it to a DFB Cup final.
With yesterday’s 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen, the Munich side ended their drought and booked their place in the final in Berlin for the first time in a full six years. For large parts of the squad, this is completely uncharted territory. Because the last time the German record champions battled for the second-biggest title in German club football at the Olympiastadion, only Manuel Neuer, Sven Ulreich, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala from the current squad were in the lineup.
Goretzka was also noticeably more muscular back then. 📸 Alexander Hassenstein - 2020 Getty Images More specifically, we’re talking about July 4, 2020. The reason that final took place so unusually late in the year was the COVID-19 pandemic.
The match was played around six weeks behind schedule in front of empty stands. But the world outside the Olympiastadion was completely different too. Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany.