Arminia – Stuttgart

Stuttgart defeat the Third League champions in the main time of the final

In recent years, the German National Cup has not been without sensational outcomes. Bayern Munich and other Bundesliga leaders are eliminated at the 1/16 or 1/8 finals or only one team from the elite division makes it to the semi-finals. The current German Cup has its own football romance. A representative of the Third League has made it to the final, and only a person completely distant from football can doubt the fairness of finding Arminia in the decisive game for the trophy. By the way, the club from Bielefeld has never won a national competition of the first magnitude. All of Arminia's historical exuberance comes down to four wins in the Second Bundesliga. Stuttgart in the German Cup final looks like a more logical fit. "Swabians" are five-time champions of the country and three-time winners of the national cup. At the end of last season, the club became the vice-champion of Germany, ahead of even Bayern. In the current football year, the "Swabians" performed on three fronts, but succeeded only in the cup competition. Bookmakers have identified the nominal guests as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.45 on their victory. Despite the fact that the estimated value of the Arminia squad is just over eight million euros, what only opponents did not beat the club from Bielefeld in the current draw of the German Cup. Having started the tournament with a home win over Hannover, the team from Bielefeld started to bully their Bundesliga rivals. Union Berlin, Freiburg and Werder "laid down their arms" one by one in front of the representative of the Third League. When Bayer fell to Arminia in the semi-finals, few believed in this club, but it justifiably defeated the reigning German champion with a score of 2:1. Alongside the cup battles, Arminia won the Third League, securing their next season in the Second Bundesliga. Stuttgart were playing in the Champions League this season, so had to be distracted reluctantly by the national competition. In the German Cup, the Swabians played the first three rounds against representatives of the Second Bundesliga, defeating Augsburg and Leipzig in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. In the upcoming final, rival Stuttgart will be deprived of their key advantage - their home arena. It was in Bielefeld that Arminia played all the cup rounds. Let's believe in the possibilities of the Swabians to decide the winner of the final in regulation time.