Bayern Munich vs VfB Stuttgart
Football: German DFB Pokal Final
Match date: 1 June 2013 - Kick Off Time: 18:00 GMT
Venue: Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
Match date: 1 June 2013 - Kick Off Time: 18:00 GMT
Venue: Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
On Saturday, 1 June - 18:00 GMT , FC Bayern München meet VfB
Stuttgart at the Olympiastadion in Berlin for the DFB Cup 2012/13 final.
Bayern have the historical chance to win the triple - Bundesliga, DFB
Cup and Champions League. Stuttgart hopes on their first title since the
championship in 2007.
Bayern Munich travels to the Olympia Stadion in Berlin to play Stuttgart
in the DFB Pokal final. After a fantastic season so far this is the
last game of coach Jupp Heynckes before Pep Guardiola takes over. Rumor
has it Jupp is Real Madrid bound yet again. He already won the Champions
League with Real, and has proven himself yet again with Bayern Munich
this season. Anyways, for this clash Bayern Munich will miss the
impressive Brazillian duo Dante and Luiz Gustavo. Dante has been super
solid in the Bavarian defense. Luiz Gustavo has been on the fringes of
the first eleven, but impressed whenever he has had the chance.
Badstuber and Kroos are still injured.
VfB Stuttgart played a moderate season with many up and
downs. Especially the performance in the Bundesliga was under the
expectations. Labbadia's side finished the Bundesliga 2012/13 only as 12th in the table.
Better was their performance in the Europa League. Stuttgart advanced
at least to the Round of 16 and retired against Lazio Roma (0:2, 1:3).
However, VfB Stuttgart qualified for next Europa League through reaching
the DFB Cup final and so they rescued their season. Manager Bruno Labbadia will have to pass on Felipe, Tamas Hajnal, Daniel Didavi and Mamadou Bah. Forward Cacau could give his comeback after long-time injury lay-off (cruciate rupture).