On Thursday, Portuguese substitute Thiago Tomas led Stuttgart, which won the title last season, to the German Football Cup final, by scoring the 2-1 victory against Freiburg in the 119th minute of the semi-final match. On May 23 in Berlin, Stuttgart will face Bayern Munich, which beat Bayern Leverkusen 2-0 in the semi-finals.
Published on: 04/24/2026 - 08:26 Last updated: 04/24/2026 - 10:56
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At the beginning of the first half of the match, Maximilian Eggstein was able to score the first goal for Freiburg in the 28th minute, but Stuttgart equalized through international Deniz Undav (70), so the two teams decided to go to two additional periods after the end of regular time with a 1-1 draw.
Portuguese Thiagotomas settled matters just one minute before the end of the second extra period, noting that his coach Sebastian Hoeness inserted him in the 91st minute.
Stuttgart will face Bayern Munich in the final, which beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on Wednesday, on May 23 at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
Bayern Munich, which clinched its 35th German League title on Sunday, won 2-0 over Bayer Leverkusen away from home on Wednesday in the first semi-final.
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By reaching the final, Stuttgart's successful season continued, as they finished in fourth place qualifying for the Champions League in the domestic league.
On the other hand, despite their bitter elimination from the semi-finals, Freiburg's season seems satisfactory so far. In addition to occupying seventh place in the local league, they reached the semi-finals of the Conference League competition, where they face the Portuguese Braga.
Stuttgart aspires to achieve the title for the fourth time in its history, after 1953-1954, 1957-1957, 1996-1997, and last season’s title.
On the other hand, Bayern holds the record for the number of cup titles (20), but it has not reached the final of the Berlin Olympic Stadium since winning it in 2020 at the expense of Leverkusen in particular (4-2), in a final that was held without an audience due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
France 24/AFP
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