Stuttgart has canceled the DFB-Pokal for the fourth time and qualified for the UEFA Europa League (UEL) after a 4-2 victory in the third row of history makers Arminia Bielefeld, those in their efforts to be the first winners of the Cup in 33 years.
Match report
After celebrating the 3 League title only seven days ago, an estimated third part of the population of Bielefeld traveled to Berlin to become the first qualification (by winning their regional cup) to lift the Pokal.
They had already defeated four consecutive Bundesliga clubs to get here and had a golden chance to make an early lead, but Noah Sarenren Bazee somehow led the cross of Joel Grodowski on the bar with the goal at his grace.
Speaking of grace, Stuttgart showed none after that early fear, turned on the style and switched to a devastating lead of three goals.
Nick Woltemade had scored in each of the three consecutive more competitive victories of those Schwaben in the run -up to the final, and he again made an impact when he was released by Angelo Stiller on the 15 -minute marking to throw Kersken and put his direction.
Bielefeld's shaky defense to admit that the goal was nothing compared to the confusion between Sam Schreck and Marius World, who sent Deniz undav to Enzo Millot for a simple tap-in.
Now he now looked like a side that played in the same division this season as Stuttgart's Reserve Team, Bielefeld was Shellef-Shocked and the Olympiastadion clock had not even reached the half hour when Undav himself collected a third after he ended up in his pass in the course of the far corner.
With the wind that was taken out of their sails for the first time in this cup run, Michel Kniat's side initially looked lifeless after the restart, so that Stuttgart's Flair players can benefit.
Louis Oppie misplace his only to Millot, who thundered to the goal before he emphatically hit 4-0 in the far corner.
But Bielefeld was not deterred and they stopped in one way or another the shortage in the space of just three minutes. Julian Kania came from the couch to lead the cross from Christopher Lannert to the roof of the net, making Bielefeld the first third side to score in a cup final, before Josha Vagnoman Bizar nodded in his own net nodded under pressure from Isaiah Young.
Only five minutes plus stopping time, however, turned out to be too little, and there was no Hollywood one end. As if they had not been full for 90 minutes, the Stuttgart half of the Olympiastadion broke out at the last whistle to greet a first large trophy in 18 years and first Pokal since 1997.
Although they could not replicate their successes in the earlier rounds, Bielefeld still wrote history and won hearts here and they can look forward to a second -rate return led by Kniat.
Match -Events
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15 'goal! Arminia Bielefeld 0-1 Stuttgart (Nick Woltemade)
23 'goal! Arminia Bielefeld 0-2 Stuttgart
28 'goal! Arminia Bielefeld 0-3 Stuttgart (Deniz Undav)
63 'Highlight of Arminia Bielefeld vs Stuttgart
66 'goal! Arminia Bielefeld 0-4 Stuttgart (Enzo Millot)
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82 'goal! Arminia Bielefeld 1-4 Stuttgart (Julian Kania)
85 'Own goal! Arminia Bielefeld 2-4 Stuttgart
Line-ups
Arminia Bielefeld XI: NS Bazee, S. Schreck, Mael Corboz, Joel Grodowski, Leon Schneider, Jonas Kersken, Stefano Russo, Maximilian Großer, Louis Oppie, Felix Hagmann, Marius Wörl
Subs: Merveile Biankadi, Joel Felix, Isaiah Young, Christopher Lannert, Lukas Kunze, Nassim Boujellab, Leo Oppermann, Mika Schroers, Julian Kania, Julian Kania
Stuttgart XI: Atakan Karazor, Alexander Nübel, M. Mittelstädt, Deniz Undav, Jeff Chabot, Chris Führich, Josha Vagnoman, Angelo Stiller, Enzo Millot, Nick Woltemade, Luca Jaquez
Subs: Stenzel, Fabian Bredlow, Larsen, N. Nartey, Ermedin Demirovic, Yannik Keitel, Ramon Hendriks, Jamie Leweling, Finn Jeltsch