German Cup final preview

The top two sides in German football for the past seven years will battle it out for the DFB-Pokal on Saturday evening (kick-off 7pm) with Bayern Munich bidding to complete a league and cup double.

Meanwhile, Bayern’s arch-rivals Borussia Dortmund are aiming to lift the trophy to crown Thomas Tuchel’s first season in charge.

With the last seven Bundesliga titles shared between them, Bayern and Dortmund have been the agenda setters of the domestic game in recent years and their meeting in Berlin’s Olympiastadion is therefore a clash of Germany’s titans.

It will also be Pep Guardiola’s final game in charge of the record German champions, not to mention Mats Hummels’ last appearance for Dortmund before he joins their opponents next season, meaning there are plenty of ingredients for a game dubbed the ‘Klassiker’.

“Pep Guardiola is the best coach in the world,” said Tuchel at a press conference on Friday. “His departure is a huge loss.

“But then again, maybe it is going to be good for opponents that they might have a better chance now against Bayern.”

Guardiola returned the compliment, saying he is “going to miss Thomas Tuchel,” adding that he has “done great work before in Mainz and now with Dortmund, where he has succeeded in …

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