Victory in the DFB Cup final: Bayern dominance, and a strange feeling

The welcome was warm, as David Alaba would include an old friend in the arms. Since the last Meeting was passed already more than a year, according to the defensive player of the FC Bayern moved to the DFB-Cup itself. Who is Alaba, and colleagues, observed this late July evening in Berlin's Olympic stadium, as they embraced the trophy and umtanzten, the would have been able to come up with the idea that it was a long awaited reunion and not a mere Routine.

For the fifth Time in the last eight years, FC Bayern have the Cup won, there was clearly 4:2 against Bayer Leverkusen. Pure domination, especially in the first half. Basically, the game was decided already. Alaba (16.) and Serge Gnabry (24.) had coined the Munich-based Superiority into goals, and at the latest after the 3:0 lead thanks to Robert Lewandowski (59.) the title defence was seen as safe.

Leverkusen was only after the clear residue better into the game, after the goal from Sven Bender (59.) on came hope, but Lewandowski (89.) destroyed all the illusions in the final phase. Kai Havertz met by a penalty to the final score (90.+5). The Bavarians celebrated in the almost empty stadium. A strange feeling, like Thomas Müller admitted. "I just had a thoughtful Minute, without the Fans this is simply the Same," said Müller.

It would not have fit to the current Form of Bayern, to give such a projection from the Hand. Twenty-one Times you have won in this calendar year, in 22 games. An impressive series which began with the transport of Hansi Flick from the Kotrainer as head coach in the beginning. Flick took care of the first internal climate, which is also Chairman of the Board Karl-Heinz Rummenigge praised again explicitly. "He has brought back the empathy in the team, the result you see now," said Rummenigge.

Particularly empathic Flick went with Thomas Müller and Jerome Boateng, the under his predecessor, Niko Kovac less well suffered were. Both are now back to the outstanding players, with David Alaba, who has held in his career, many positions, but it is only now in the centre of defence, where Flick allows him to play continuously, his determination found seems.

"world-class" was the Austrians in the centre of defence, praised Alabas one tiger teammate Bastian Schweinsteiger. Reasons to make the assessment in dispute, offered the Vaunted against Leverkusen no, on the contrary. His goal was a replica of the Munich and his own back round, almost perfectly. The Plan was actually different. "We wanted to try something else, but I changed my mind then, thank God it went well," said Alaba, the first of the sense, after a cross-pass stand.