Bayern Munich in the cup final: 3-2 against Hoffenheim after 0: 2

Pernille Harder had to be careful not to get stuck. But then she had made it over the advertising gang and stood behind the goal at the fan block of FC Bayern, who had called the footballer and then gave her a megafon. The singer has now become a whisperer until Harder accident -free at the “Super Bavaria, Super Bavaria, Hey, Hey!” Arrived and had made her teammates bounce. She seemed to be relieved as if she just scored an important goal with a complicated body rotation. Harder has already met very, very often in her life as a striker, but with the megafon in front of the fans, that was even a new experience for her. And that she now made it reflected how significant harder was on Saturday.

Thanks to her, you can say that clearly, FC Bayern made it to the final of the DFB Cup. For the second time after 2012, the Munich footballers can win this cup if, on May 1, in Cologne, the trophy is not given to Wolfsburg for the first time after a ten -year reign. The VfL had surprisingly lost to TSG Hoffenheim in the quarterfinals – which was now about to take care of the next coup in Munich, Harder would not have caused a 3-2 win after a catastrophic start with two early goals. “It was very difficult,” said the Danish. “Hoffenheim did it very well, with a lot of intensity.”

While the 32-year-old answered questions, a ball suddenly flew towards her from the side, Harder had actually forgotten him at the Campus Stadium. With a black felting pen, a three was painted on it, the final was in a different place and the start with the result. She proudly looked at her souvenir: “I am in good shape. I feel really good on the pitch.” At the first goal, the Danish had steered the ball into the left corner with her forehead. At the second goal, she had turned a penalty. And then there was also a graduation with the foot. So she really deserved the ball. “She shows that she is world class. I would not exchange her for anyone,” said Bayern coach Alexander Straus when Harder – with ball – had disappeared from the microphones to the cabin party. “It makes the difference.”

The double has become the minimum standard for this season at the latest since the Wolfsburg trophy.

He also felt so redeemed because this victory was not just about moving into the cup final. But right around the whole season balance. Within a week, the Bavarian emotional world would have a defeat of one Everything is possible to a Everything is in the bucket change. In the crucial phase of the season, his team started a 3-1 in the Bundesliga against permanent rival Wolfsburg, which brought a certain points cushion in the championship. On Tuesday, however, a 0: 2 followed in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League against Olympique Lyon. Subject to a small football miracle at the record winner on March 26, FC Bayern must continue to wait for the first triumph in the premier class. And at the latest since the Wolfsburg trophy, the double had become the minimum standard for this season anyway. FC Bayern wants to take the next step.

Hoffenheim recalled that you have to be careful not to stumble, which may have expected the league leader against the league. Hardly a quarter of an hour passed until the first moment of surprise: Ereleta Memeti lifted the ball over Bayern goalkeeper Ena Mahmutovic. The nervousness triggered as a result was also shown in a failed pass from Sydney Lohmann in the direction of his own penalty area, which was risky and too fast for central defender Magdalena Eriksson. Memeti’s subsequent shot was blocked, but the subsequent attempt by Féli Delacauw resulted in 0: 2 – and a certain state of shock.

The unexpected, early deficit looked like a consequence of the numerous personnel changes, to which Straus was prompted in the recent games. Compared to the Wolfsburg game, the Norwegian had changed the starting eleven to six positions against Lyon, including the return of goalkeeper Maria Luisa Grohs after cancer. Now Straus exchanged six positions again, Mahmutovic returned to the goal, and because captain Glódís Viggósdóttir and right -back Giulia Gwinn was missing due to injury, also had to be changed here. The fact that the flow of the game was inevitably lost in the event of so much rotation could not be overlooked against Hoffenheim.

However, Straus preferred another reading of the situation: “Possibly”, he said, “the rotation made it possible for us to come back after the 0-2 deficit.” Keyword load control. A constant was very crucial: In the 35th minute, Harder woke her team up with her header, four minutes later Klara Bühl almost balanced. Harder (40th) then met again with a penalty, her shot was too precise for TSG goalkeeper Martina Tufekovic.

Shortly after the break, this injured it so badly that it had to be replaced and brought out of the stadium with the stretcher. And maybe the game would have run differently. Replacement keeper Laura Dick, aware of the relevance of this mission, stormed in the 53rd minute on a long ball that the more experienced Tufekovic might have observed. Because Dick then missed him with her kick a good 40 meters in front of her goal, Harder could pull away with the ball and just had to insert.

Look for the next few days for the striker, who had been so crucial for the victory against Wolfsburg with two goals, it was clear for Alexander Straus shortly after the final whistle: she should stay in bed and eat well until Wednesday, no training for her. Pernille Harder, that was clear, must never injure himself – but should take balls home as often as possible this season.