Bayern Munich Frauen complete double with DFB-Pokal triumph
· Yahoo Sports
The Bayern Munich Frauen have officially made the 2025/26 season their best ever season with their commanding 4-0 win over VfL Wolfsburg in the DFB-Pokal final.
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The defending champions had already sealed the Bundesliga title quite a while ago, but the cup final was a different task. Wolfsburg had knocked Bayern out of the Pokal for nine years in a row until Bayern finally lifted the trophy last year, and even then they did not face Wolfsburg at all. Now, it was time to prove their place at the pinnacle of German football.
As cup finals often go, the first half was a rather cagey affair, with both teams fashioning half-chances but not really coming close to scoring. However, just as the half was reaching its dying embers, Momoko Tanikawa got her side a penalty, and Georgia Stanway converted to put Bayern 1-0 up at halftime. They could have been two up had Pernille Harder’s close range shot not been blocked on the line.
But Harder was not going to be denied again, and just before the clock hit the hour mark, her partner Magdalena Eriksson lobbed a sumptuous ball into the box, and the Danish striker connected with it properly to double the score.
Wolfsburg were now devoid of fight, and Bayern took full advantage. With about quarter of an hour remaining, Klara Bühl made a mazy run down the left flank and crossed it across the box, where it ricocheted into the path of Tanikawa, who tapped in at the far post to put the game to bed. Bayern were not done, though, and they added a fourth through a cracking free kick from substitute Arianna Caruso.
Bayern thus completed the double, cementing themselves into the record books and sparking wild celebrations in both Cologne and Munich. While the trophy record is technically the same as last season, the successful Champions League run boosts this season to Bayern’s best ever in women’s football. What’s more, Bayern won the Pokal without conceding a single goal this season, having started off with a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund, followed by 3-0 wins over FC Ingolstadt and Hamburger SV, and a 4-0 win over SGS Essen.
Speaking of HSV, Bayern face them in the last game of the season on Sunday. Should Bayern avoid defeat in Hamburg, they will end the Bundesliga season undefeated. The Frauen will then celebrate their titles the following day at Marienplatz.
It should be noted that some would argue that victory actually clinched a domestic treble because the Frauen also won the Frauen DFB-Supercup.
Double? Treble? Bottom line…champions!
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