VfB Stuttgart ended Arminia Biefeld’s cup fairytale on Saturday. Coach Sebastian Hoeness’s team defeated the third division team 4-2 in the DFB-Pokal final.
Stuttgart was already leading 3-0 in Berlin after half an hour. Nick Woltemade opened the scoring after fifteen minutes after a nice pass through the middle from Angelo Stiller. Enzo Millot doubled the lead shortly after good preparatory work from Deniz Undav. That same Undav then made it 3-0 with a slide into the left corner.
Halfway through the second half, Millot also provided the fourth goal by curling the ball into the left corner. Shortly afterwards, Ramon Hendriks came on for Stuttgart. Julian Kania and Josha Vagnoman (own goals) saved face for Bielefeld in the final phase.
VfB Stuttgart won the DFB-Pokal for the third time. ‘Die Schwaben’ also won the German cup tournament in 1954, 1958 and 1997.
Arminia Bielefeld caused a huge upset in the semi-finals by eliminating Bayer Leverkusen. Earlier, the club from the 3. Liga surprised Werder Bremen, SC Freiburg, Union Berlin and Hannover 96.
Reaching the cup final was the highlight in the history of Arminia Bielefeld. ‘Die Arminen’ had never been in the final of the DFB-Pokal in their 120-year history. The club’s honors list only includes regional championships and a number of titles at the second level.