Bayern Munich 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
Wow…just wow!
Eintracht Frankfurt stunned FC Bayern to lift the DFB-Pokal trophy thanks to two goals from Ante Rebic, and a master-class in management from Niko Kovac.
The Croat will arrive in Munich as Bayern’s new boss in the summer, as he says goodbye to his Frankfurt team in style, winning a game, dominated by the league champions, by two clear goals. 77 percent possession, 22 shots to eight and the betting tips mean nothing when you look at the score-line, and that’s all that Kovac and Eintracht care about.
The Asian Handicap betting odds had the underdogs at 2.01 to win with a 1.75 goal start and, as early as the 12th minute, that began to look mightily generous as Rebic picked up a ball from Kevin-Prince Boating and fired an arrow from distance low into the bottom corner.
Outgoing boss Jupp Heynckes had the armoury to win a 19th Cup final for Bayern, with the midfield guile of Thiago and Franck Ribery to service the firepower of the prolific Robert Lewandowski and his strike partner Thomas Muller. And it was Lewandowski who restored order at the Olympiastadion, shortly after the break when he converted an assist by Joshua Kimmich.
Bayern continued to dominate possession and both Lewandowski and Mats Hummels had hit the crossbar but, with less than ten minutes remaining Rebic stunned the Bayern faithful when he fired home to spark chaotic celebrations in the Eintracht end. Heynckes urged his team forward and, on 91 minutes, James Rodriguez crossed for Joshua Kimmich to head just over. And then, in a moment of high drama, Boateng looked to foul Javi Martinez in the box but the referee waved play on.
When substitute Mijat Gaconivic found himself in acres of space he scored the third on 96 minutes to win a first Cup Final for Eintracht since 1988.
The Bayern players already know their new boss is exactly that…the boss!
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