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00:00The pressure is on, but then it's always been on.
00:04Every time Mielefeld beats another Bundesliga side,
00:09Mitch Kniat's team were expected to go out at the next round.
00:13They're not expected to get their hands on the trophy tonight.
00:16But this is the DFB for Carl. It makes its own rules.
00:20Anything can happen.
00:23Jogi Löw and Fabian Claus, two legends of their respective sides.
00:29Showing off. What is at stake?
00:48Rudy Fuller and Julian Nagelsman there.
00:52Now the German national anthem.
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02:36Nikolaj Kimmler as his assistants, Robert Hartmann the fourth official,
02:41Benjamin Brandt, Felix Benjamin Schwermer the video assistant referee and his assistant.
02:54Now moments to think about a campaign.
03:03You'll see the foundation for Hans Zischer, safe hearts,
03:14endeavouring to bring more attention to looking after your ticket.
03:21It's always a great way of appreciating campaigns and show out important things.
03:29The DFB is very thoughtful with these kind of things.
03:34Certainly get you checked out, make sure it'll stand the excitement of the cup final.
03:43Well, you are our guests, green or black?
03:55Green!
03:57Atacadouk chooses red.
04:00It comes up not red.
04:04You know, you are the captain here, we are the captain here, we are the captain here.
04:07We are the captain here, we are the captain here, we are the captain here.
04:09Referee underlining that the captain speak to him, nobody else.
04:14At least that's the plan.
04:16Both of these sides starting with their top scorers this season on the bench.
04:34Young Julian Kanaya for Bielefeld and Ahmadin Demirovic.
04:40Oh, Stuttgart.
04:42Bielefeld know what they've got to do, they've got their fans behind them in the first 45 minutes.
05:06A sea of blue away to our left.
05:15And a sea of red and white in the opposite direction.
05:2490 minutes, possibly more.
05:28Mitch Knie outside, know what they've got to do.
05:32They've done it before.
05:34Yeah, they did.
05:35They need to bring the same kind of fight and passion like they did in all these other games, all these other rounds before.
05:41The 82nd DfV, Pokal final, gets underway.
05:58Third tier, Armenia Bielefeld, the underdogs taking on Stuttgart.
06:07Last season's runners-up in the Bundesliga, three times winners of this competition.
06:12And the first chance already skips away from Noah Zoran and Barzee.
06:19Their first little hello here from Amina Bielefeld.
06:22And they show that they didn't come just to play.
06:25I mean, they came to play decent football, but they didn't come just to have a little bit of fun.
06:29They want to win this game, is what Michel Knie had said before this game.
06:33And this first little hello proves exactly that match way, that match plan.
06:39We saw them against Leverkusen.
06:41They didn't hide their light under a bushel.
06:43They played their football and took it to Leverkusen.
06:46And Leverkusen were very much surprised last season's cup winners.
06:50But they weren't the only team from the Bundesliga.
06:54Union Berlin, Freiburg and Bremen also suffered the same fate.
06:59This is a question of Bielefeld's belief in themselves.
07:03They're no longer restrained by who they're playing in those ways that we always think,
07:09well, putting this league aside, it's going to be easy, but it's not going to be easy at all for Stuttgart today.
07:14Yeah, absolutely.
07:15I mean, Bielefeld, maybe once you get lucky, maybe a second time as well, but they have done it over and over again.
07:21And then it's a kind of a quality.
07:24And they have proven that they can play decent football, that they can outwork even stronger, even better teams.
07:32And at least they believe they can pull this one off here.
07:36And I think with this belief, they can make this a very interesting cup final.
07:41It's a lot of pressure for Stuttgart, though, because there was a point in the season where you could see
07:46they were thinking that the way to qualify for Europe this term is going to be via this competition,
07:51by winning today at a place in the UEFA Europa League.
07:56So as a top flight side, they can only really slip up.
07:59They can only slip up. There's actually nothing to lose on the other side.
08:03Many say Europa League would be too much for a club like Bielefeld and where they are at the moment.
08:09They already promoted to second Bundesliga. That's the biggest step.
08:12And then to play international football, maybe would be too much of an ask.
08:15So they don't have anything to lose. They can come here and really try things.
08:19And of course, they're not here to give this to Stuttgart.
08:22Undap's ball, Volta Mata chasing it. He's got the longer legs.
08:28Volta Mata pushed wide and there was a good tackle there from Leon Schneider.
08:35Yeah, very important tackle from Leon Schneider against Volta Mata,
08:40who is in stellar form in recent weeks, if not months.
08:44That's why he gets the call up for the national team.
08:47But Leon Schneider was exactly where he needs to be to stop the long fella from Stuttgart.
08:53Now the referee will halt play until things pass.
09:03If you're just joining us, Patrik Obo Moyela, former Bundesliga professional,
09:08and it has to be said, former Arminia Bielefeld player. It was a long, long time ago.
09:12But there's a little bit of your heart that's still resident on the island, I'm sure.
09:19Yeah, for sure. I mean, you never really forget your first love.
09:23And it was my first professional club. I joined them in the second Bundesliga,
09:27promoted with them, became national player for them.
09:30So, of course, there's a bit of my heart still in Bielefeld.
09:34Stiller with the corner. It's headed out and up.
09:43Well, the idea was good, but Sam Schreck was waiting for it.
09:50Now it's Stuttgart that are putting the pressure on.
09:53And this is the right thing to do for Stuttgart.
09:56Because, I mean, many of the other teams that Bielefeld has beaten on the way here,
09:59they were surprised in the early minutes by the intensity that Bielefeld brought to them.
10:04And then you don't want that as Stuttgart now.
10:07So you have to hold against it, if not overpower Bielefeld in those first minutes,
10:12to keep him quiet.
10:15Long throw being queued up.
10:17Of course, Woltemada was in there.
10:22That's a first take for Jonas Kalskin.
10:27And a good throw.
10:28Really good throw.
10:29Marius Luhl.
10:31They got some players forward.
10:33The captain's there with him.
10:37Now, OP.
10:40Corbos got away from him.
10:44And this is where Stuttgart have to watch themselves, Patrick,
10:46because they were quick out of the box there.
10:48They were quick.
10:49And this is actually something that they like to do, of course.
10:52Play counter-attack with Zanzen, Bazee, of course.
10:56And Khodowski, they have two speedy strikers up front
10:59that can really chase that ball if it's played deep.
11:03So this we might see from time to time over this game.
11:08Some interesting players in the starting line.
11:11As mentioned, Bielefeld with the same starting XI that started against Leverkusen.
11:17But Josef Agneman back in the starting line-up.
11:20First time he started in the Cup this season.
11:22And up until this point, he'd only played four minutes.
11:25Yeah, but he is that kind of player that can match that kind of speed
11:29that Bielefeld can bring on these counter-attacks.
11:32So maybe that's the thought behind that of Sebastian HoeneĂ.
11:38Well, they did, or Sebastian HoeneĂ has slightly rejigged the team.
11:45Put in Chris Furisch, who's also got some speeds.
11:51He's in for Jamie Leverling, who only starts on the bench.
12:04Enzo Mio has moved out a bit wider.
12:06He was more central in their last game in the Bundesliga last weekend
12:10away at Leipzig where they got a 3-2 win.
12:13Armenia, of course, was celebrating the third division title last weekend
12:22with a 1-0 win at home against Mannheim.
12:27It's already been a great season for them.
12:31They can crown it today.
12:33Only the fourth side from Division 3 to make it this far.
12:43And none of the previous sides from that division have actually managed to score in the final.
12:52But they've won a little more history than just that today.
12:54Yeah, of course.
12:55And they have some guys on the pitch that already like to score in this cup season,
13:00especially, of course, Mario as well, who scored already three goals
13:04during his six games in this cup competition.
13:08Three assists as well.
13:10Chris Furisch.
13:12That one's come for Mio.
13:17Calmed him off a little rugby style there.
13:19Yeah, the hand into the face of Mario as well.
13:31The guy we just talked about.
13:33Of course, he wants this situation to go his way.
13:41There certainly was contact, but he milked it for everything it was worth
13:46and got the free kick.
13:47Yeah, you better watch this one closely.
13:50It could be history made here.
13:54Some fans brought them an Oculus.
13:57Well, it's a very big stadium.
14:00Approaching 75,000 people.
14:04The city has been full of blue and white and red and white.
14:09The atmosphere has been great.
14:14You see groups chatting to one another, sharing a beer.
14:20A lot of the Bielefeld fans I was talking to on the way here
14:25are just happy that they're having their day in the sun.
14:27I mean, this is something that could go both ways for Bielefeld.
14:32Not just for the fans, but also for the players, because you said it.
14:36They are champions.
14:37They promoted to the second Bundesliga.
14:38So they achieved already so much, which could actually then put or take some weight off your shoulders.
14:47And that drop couldn't be too big.
14:49Oh!
14:50Oh!
14:51Zan and Barze got a good ball in there and Stuttgart were a little slow clearing that.
14:57Or being aware of the danger.
14:59You have to be on full alert in every second in a cup final.
15:08One goal could be the decisive one, no matter when it's scored.
15:13So there's no offside.
15:14You can clearly see in this, in this replay.
15:18And then they didn't really go to face Zanz and Barze.
15:21The throw from Grodowski.
15:29He gets it back again.
15:34That was a good thought.
15:36But Verl wasn't on the same wavelength.
15:40Yeah, but these are pressure moment, pressure opportunities.
15:43You can now push your team up high and apply pressure on Stuttgart.
15:47Maybe win the situation and go from there.
15:58Stiller was dispossessed there.
16:02Barze trying the trick.
16:04Now, Angelo Stiller had an ankle injury.
16:07He's come back really quickly.
16:09A double ligament tear in his ankle.
16:12A lot of people were perhaps rather negatively speculating that Bielefeld
16:19were given a hard time today on his ankle.
16:21Yeah, I don't think that as a team, as a coach, you would say to your players.
16:25Remember, there's a player who has a sore ankle.
16:27You might want to step on it once or twice.
16:30But it's, it's of course, some situation in the cup final is fought.
16:34There will be hard match-ups, there are hard challenges.
16:37And that could lead to Stiller maybe picking, picking some pain up.
16:41But yeah, that shouldn't be intentionally the thing for Bielefeld to aim at.
16:45No, but they won't be pulling out of the challenges either of them, will they?
16:49No, they won't.
16:50It's a good ball. It's a really good ball. Godofsky.
16:52Bielefeld into the box, needs a finish.
16:57Oh, no, not the post.
17:00Big chance.
17:01Came and went for Bielefeld.
17:03It almost surprised them, Patrick.
17:06That's going to be an easy take.
17:08Yeah.
17:09They should have had a goal.
17:10These are the moments where history can be written.
17:13First of all, it's a close call, but it's no offside from Godofsky.
17:17He uses his speed to push over that left wing.
17:20And he absolutely finds it and free Lewis Oppie, who couldn't really connect with that ball.
17:26But it's enough to get it where there's Zaren Renn-Barzee absolutely free.
17:31And this, of course, has to be, needs to be a goal for Bielefeld.
17:36Big chance given away.
17:37Big nerves.
17:39Ah, it's a bit of everything.
17:41I mean, it all goes really fast.
17:43There are nerves involved, but also you need to be perfectly precise in this situation.
17:49Now, Stuttgart on the attack.
17:53Ball blocked.
17:54It's a free kick.
17:57And it's Mio that's gone down.
18:01Ah, Stefano Russo got caught for it.
18:03There was contact.
18:04It was physical.
18:05And there's that knee kind of to the thigh of Mio.
18:09So, even though he holds his foot, there's enough to give this as a free kick for Stuttgart.
18:17And it's not in an undangerous position either.
18:23More boots.
18:24Yeah, I think PĂŒrich needs some more grip or I think he goes for the shorter versions of the studs.
18:35Might be a little firmer than expected.
18:37That pitch down there, which is in great condition.
18:39I was down, down there to see it up from up close.
18:42It's a good pitch.
18:43And they were watering it a lot beforehand.
18:45Now, Angelo Stiller.
18:49The key man.
18:58He's already got a couple of DFB Pokal goals.
19:02In fact, he's got more in the cup than he has in the league.
19:09Valtemada makes a run.
19:12Valtemada's header was well offside.
19:18Yeah, but you won't, you don't want to do that and leave a man like Nick Valtemada absolutely okay.
19:23This is offside and it's a clear one.
19:26But deny this situation, first of all.
19:29It's not a situation you need to put yourselves in as the back three.
19:48Vlakes and Chabot.
19:54Two centre-halves for us Dukkart today.
19:59Oh, Dukkart just pausing things down a little there, get their breath back.
20:08Yeah, I mean, if you're the favourite and if you, when it comes to individual or team quality, the better team.
20:16You want to control the pace, you want to take the hectic out of that game.
20:21Because it usually, oh.
20:23Oh.
20:24Valtemada, through on goal.
20:27Valtemada scores!
20:28Valtemada scores!
20:30Valtemada are in the lead.
20:35On the quarter of an hour mark.
20:38Valtemada, who's been in spanking form in the Bundesliga.
20:43Valtemada, who's been in spanking form in the Bundesliga.
20:49Twelve goals this season.
20:52He scored in four rounds.
20:55Everyone that he's played in and he's scored again now.
20:57That's a big goal, Patrick.
20:59That is a big goal.
21:00And you can almost say every team he played in recent weeks he scored against because that's the kind of form he is.
21:07He really is the lifeline for Stuttgart and might be the most important player in this game to secure them.
21:13Not just the cup but also international football for next season.
21:18That was just sheer tenacious and tenacious how he overcame that pressure.
21:24Look at this.
21:25GroĂer is right there on him.
21:27Excuse me, Russo it is.
21:28But he just shakes him off with his strength and then uses his skill set to get that ball past Kersken.
21:35Beautiful goal for Nick Valtemada.
21:39Now, to give a little hope to Bielefeld.
21:43Didn't Leverkusen score as well against?
21:48Yes, there was Jonathan Tah opening the scoring against Bielefeld and they came back from it, turned it around and that's why they're here in the final.
21:56But, yeah.
21:58They know what they have to do and they know they can do it.
22:03But right now it's the Stuttgart fans that are bouncing.
22:06It's the only 15 minutes is gone of this game which is 90 minutes long.
22:17There is still time.
22:19But what a great start for Stuttgart.
22:21I mean, to be honest, that the first big chance or actually a couple situations really went to Bielefeld and they should be the team that that open scoring this one after that big chance that was given away from Saren Rembazee.
22:38But now they have to chase this and it's not going to be easy, of course, against Stuttgart.
22:44They more than before can now control the pace, slow it down and then wait for their opportunities.
22:51It should have been the equaliser for Stuttgart, Saren Rembazee, rattling the crossbar, but only that.
23:07But they would have come into this in the same way that they came into the other four games against Bundesliga sides.
23:12They know that they are capable of scoring against them and it doesn't seem to have interrupted them.
23:21No, absolutely not.
23:22They have that kind of confidence and rightfully so.
23:25I mean, we talked about what they all achieved this season and they will keep going.
23:30They will keep believing until this thing is really out of reach or over and gone the other way.
23:37Noah Zaren Rembazee has never scored in the cup.
23:43He won't come any closer than he did just now.
23:47Yeah, this is these are the kind of situations, the kind of chances and misses that can haunt you and really chase you in many nights to come.
23:57But who knows? He might get another situation.
24:00Redemption is always wonderful, too, if it can be found.
24:04It can be found.
24:05There's a great time.
24:06.
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24:33with a long kick and it's gone all the way through
24:39and then all the way out that's an easy corner now for Stuttgart that long ball should have
24:46been dealt with better but uh Brol couldn't really get under it or behind it to clear it
24:54before Wanyaman got in control and here's another set piece for Stuttgart and Handel
25:00still are the one to take
25:11shake of the head
25:18headed away by Zanin Barzeg
25:26referee Christian Dinger being very exact as to where he wants that taken
25:30from
25:34Bielefeld wanted to move it quick
25:35I mean we say it all the time Patrick this is one of those games where you want to leave it all on the park today it's the last game of the season certainly for uh the third tier side so uh obviously some of the internationals will be uh busy in the summer but
25:56but you don't want to walk off the pitch feeling that you didn't give everything no this is this is the last
26:02call I mean it's this and then nothing for quite some time and and who knows how they're going to be back in in in
26:09uh champs on the cup final
26:11hackman well they are getting through and that's a good sign yeah it's a good sign and these are the
26:20situation moments that Bielefeld needs to create not just for themselves but also to keep
26:26Stuttgart on their back heels and and thinking about the danger that Bielefeld can bring
26:40it's an important game for a referee to get this one as well it's it's a
26:44it's a it's a sign of his good work and uh he'll want to do well as well to be able to get the
27:12he'll want to do well as well today Christian Dinger very very uh paying a lot of attention
27:18to detail as that ball swings in
27:21and getting in each other's way and that can be dangerous
27:29now Dennis Undav to make it 2-0 oh he slips it across and it's an easy tap in
27:36for Enzo Mio to make it 2-0 Arminia Bielefeld undone by their attack
27:45Undav what a great team player making sure that ball goes in by slotting it across to Enzo Mio
27:55he scored a goal against Regensburg Mio he's got another one now
28:01Stuttgart have tightened their grip on this game yeah but this of course shouldn't be a situation
28:09where Stuttgart is getting away with and getting this kind of a counter but you see that situation
28:15here it's between Verl and there's a misunderstanding between the two Bielefeld players and then it's
28:24Dundav pushing that ball all the way yeah it's Verl and Schreck not on the same page not in sync
28:29misunderstanding and that leads to that second goal mistakes will be punished on this level
28:35and this is a learning that Bielefeld maybe should have had before
28:39well that's uh Sebastian HoeneĂ celebrating his 99th game in charge today
28:56they just didn't communicate did they yeah it was a little bit of uh I'll take it you have it at the
29:10same time and uh this is something that again you can allow yourself at this level against these kind of
29:19uh opponents that makes it really tough
29:30and they've had a couple of good moments where they could have got something
29:36yeah again I mean we weren't even a minute in this game where there was the first opportunity for Bielefeld
29:42and then that big chance against the crossbar from Saranren-Basee
29:50Bielefeld could have had a game a goal already that might have changed the game a little too
29:56and uh Chabot catches the hip of Alexander Nube
30:12Jeff Chabot whose former side corner promoted back up into the Bundesliga
30:20I'm sure he'll be looking forward to playing them next season
30:26I'm gonna bring out a yellow card for Saranren-Basee and you can't afford to lose players
30:44now no not at all but but but I thought this this situation I mean it wasn't clever but there wasn't
30:51really much Saranren-Basee is sliding in front of him it's Chabot kicking into the man so this
30:57shouldn't even be a yellow card to be honest in my in my opinion but of course Stuttgart the fans
31:04and the teammates of Chabot made Dingen aware that it might be more than it really was
31:21some of the numbers of the game already three shots to three 60 percent of the ball but they keep
31:27letting Stuttgart in now there's a nasty collision as well there's gonna be uh
31:33I think it's gonna be a word here with Enzo Mule
31:37Kauskins down
31:38it's Wagnermann not me oh yes
31:41oh beg your pardon it's uh Joshua Wagnermann
31:46and from how Dinger led this game this must be a yellow card at least for Wagnermann as well
31:51he went crashing into the keeper
32:02he's got the yellow card in his hand
32:03yeah and you're absolutely right
32:13yeah it was a long ball but there was a foul there on Wagnermann and then Muleman he wasn't maybe not
32:21really aware that Kerstin was uh coming out like that and probably didn't intend to really fully connect
32:30with him could hurt both sides actually but I think it's a good call but I think as you said quite
32:38rightly after giving the yellow for Zoran Ren Baze he had to give the yellow for Wagnermann
32:46who was very far forward at that point
32:48it's now
32:49now Undav
32:52oh it's three
32:56Dennis Undav in the biggest game of his career so far
33:02finds the targets in under half an hour 3-0 to Stuttgart
33:10and I hate to say Patrick but it looks like it's all over for Braves
33:16yeah third division well second division now but this Liga 2 Bielefeld
33:22it it it might be over for Bielefeld now and it's another goal that is a gift actually from uh
33:29from Groza in this case Maximilian Groza would have really strong game against Leverkusen but lost
33:35that that ball here in the build-up and then it's Undav who is really clever
33:40see there's that pass he wanted to pass that ball back but still I was actually aware of what's going
33:47to happen that it's a good pass and it's Undav now with just nobody left there really to stop him
33:55and that's his quality of course that's why he's a German international striker Schneider tries to get
34:01back into the challenge but no chance and Undav makes it his goal in this final
34:07good work from Voltemada as well though stopping the possible offside by just holding up the ball a second and now
34:16up the other end
34:17Bielefeld's challenge is now a different one than it was at the first whistle they need to make sure
34:28they don't concede a hatful yeah I just hope that they can find it not to really break apart now and
34:35and at least try to stay in this game maybe get a goal back and who knows
34:39you know this might be become an interesting game again but at the moment it looks like all Stuttgart
34:49and we were looking at the numbers from the first nearly half an hour lots of possession for Bielefeld
34:54and it wasn't poor possession either yeah and same amount of shots but they've really let themselves
35:01down a couple of times they missed that big opportunity to score and then they gave the ball away and then
35:07a miscommunication in the in the midfield let Stuttgart through and a Champions League side
35:12like Stuttgart are just going to say thank you very much there yeah that's exactly what I what I was
35:17saying it's uh of course you can concede a goal but you can't present you can't give them uh two more
35:23and it was miscommunication it was a the wrong decision making for for Bielefeld and on that level
35:29against such a team with these kind of players you will get punished and punished they have been
35:44we said earlier the pressure is on Stuttgart because they can only fail today fail to do what
35:50everybody expects them to do yeah but but how this game is going now there's actually no pressure
35:57anymore on Stuttgart there might be some if Bielefeld manages to get a goal because then you know this
36:03could could then tilt to the other side a little more but for the moment it looks like Stuttgart is
36:08having a great cup final day and they're controlling the ball now moving around between them looking
36:14up there's less of that hectic activity that we saw earlier on when they let Armenia get to them a
36:22little but I mean you're going to still try and do that yeah this this is what Armenia does usually
36:28they fight to the very end even though they're trailing now and it looks like an unbearable
36:33unbearable situation an impossible one but they had a few of those impossible matches and match-ups
36:41against Bundesliga teams already well they've always scored at least twice so far in this cup season
36:492-0 against Hanover 2-0 against Union 3-1 against Freiburg 2-1 against Bremen and they got two against
36:58Leverkusen of course their first ever final half an hour gone and they're three goals down
37:09a foregone conclusion you might have said beforehand but very much not the case they've had a fantastic
37:17season but maybe this is just one step too far voltamada carries on his run great stuff oh it's lovely
37:31it's gorgeous it's not going to go in though they're going to clear it
37:36that was very pedestrian from Stuttgart lackadaisical they could have had a fourth
37:42yeah maybe should have had a fourth but they tried to to make it really unselfishly passing the ball
37:49to the next better position player but it was again a mistake of Bielefeld a wrong situation
37:57that led to this opportunity for Stuttgart
37:59Kharazor lobs it over the top but uh the offside flag goes up against Denizundav on this near side
38:19and again time for Stuttgart where they can slow it down
38:49we mentioned uh earlier on how important
39:11Angelo Stiller is for Stuttgart having him back today was
39:16a key thing that they were absolutely working towards and uh daring to hope and look already two
39:23assists he's had a shot himself and the passes he is the central cock in the Stuttgart machine
39:30yes he is the the the important player in midfield the brain the the guy who who says what tempo to play
39:39well that was a misunderstanding between two Stuttgart players now
39:44oh that was well hurdled by Zaren Ranbarze he's done this a couple of times in this game and they've
39:49not managed to capitalize on it at all and the same has happened here again
39:54they're working so hard for one another
40:01yeah but Bielefeld needs to to reward themselves in these kind of moments and it was another
40:08decent situation for Bielefeld that pass came in front of of the goal of Alex Nubo
40:14they need more they keep they've got to keep grinding keep digging maybe they'll find something
40:23two assists today for Angelo Stiller three in total that's the most in this
40:30DFB for Carl season from any player
40:32Nick Voltemada now with five goals the last time that uh a Stuttgart player scored as many goals
40:41in the cup season was uh Martin Harnik who's sat just over there yeah he's sitting right a couple
40:48of meters beside each other of course to play for Stuttgart i played with him at Werder Bremen
40:55great guy and of course he was a great football player now an expert for Austrian television
41:01which uh or who are just uh sitting to the left of uh our commentary position Chris Verlis
41:10has had a bit of an off and on season
41:14has had a couple of goals in the Bundesliga and one in this competition
41:20and there's still time to get one
41:31and still they keep trying there's a man spare at the back
41:49didn't quite drop
41:50and this is where they've got caught before Patrick
41:56yeah they're in they they need that rest for titanium to work better the rest defense
42:05still up
42:09MittelstÀdt he's been very quiet so far Maximilian MittelstÀdt
42:12they haven't needed him so much
42:16yeah I mean we we have to say it's it's more Bielefeld's wrongdoing that led to to these uh to this
42:23lead of Stuttgart than it was Stuttgart really playing themselves into those positions but of course they
42:30used the moments that Bielefeld offered and this is the kind that that's again that's quality
42:35if you if you give a Champions League side an opportunity they will take it and say thank you very much
42:45a bit of a learning curve for Armenia this evening so far
42:51three goals one from Nick Voltemada one from Enzo Muir and Denis Undav scoring in a cup final
43:05Mitch Kniat who himself played in the fourth and fifth tiers of uh German football has uh sent a half
43:28has done a marvelous job with Bielefeld this season
43:31and I'm excited of course for the club for this team and that they can play second Bundesliga next
43:39year and with all that the the accolades all the achievements and everything that comes with it
43:45reaching the cup final and the price money that this gives you um this could be a good season if they
43:54have a good summer on the transfer market and they they bring on new players it could be a very exciting
43:59season and a good good chance for them to stay in league two in Germany well they will be giving up
44:08Marius Voel again he goes back to Hanover 96 after this game he's only on loan
44:19played in virtually every game missed one game with the fractured cheekbone on match day 10.
44:23Volta Marder he's ridden that charge again it's another tackle that didn't get the better of him
44:36a cup final and a goal something so special about that
44:52Louis Opie defending that near post
45:12Stuttgart fans hoping for more can still have provided
45:20that's a quarter
45:27uh Atakan Karazor beg your pardon
45:31the captain
45:34that was a timely foot in there from Sam Shrek
45:50five minutes to go to the break
46:02chance for Bielefeld to regroup
46:04neat work from Corbos
46:20more neat work from the American and then he got tangled up
46:32another foul
46:41that's Angelo still up
46:50Sam Shrek
46:51running into him
46:57running into him
46:59Stuttgart
47:11Stuttgart who last won the cup back in 1997
47:14Jogi Löw was in charge back then
47:19went on of course with Germany to win the world cup
47:23some years later
47:23Furisch gets it to the Volta Marder
47:27Volta Marder's shots
47:30takes the deflection and will be a corner
47:32Bielefeld
47:41just before the break
47:48needing to concentrate just a little bit harder
47:58runs out of the training ground but
47:59might need a few more goes at that one
48:05Furisch
48:08at 3-0 up they're starting to uh
48:11try and enjoy themselves a little flick from Furisch is good and
48:15Karazor
48:16carrying on still a hill look for a pass into the center
48:24Kowski with a punch
48:25and uh
48:29there was a foul on him by
48:31then it's on
48:35on
48:56Shrek
49:00over Furisch's head over Zarenan Barzay's head
49:05Two minutes of time will be added on.
49:10I'm reliably informed.
49:13If Bielefeld could just get a goal back before half-time,
49:18that would set up a very interesting second half.
49:35It's a bit more useful, but there was no-one there to capitalise on it.
50:02Corbos has got away from Saarinen.
50:10Foulsé, unfortunately, for Bielefeld.
50:28No foul there.
50:29And this is where Stuttgart have been brilliant this evening.
50:34Coming away with the ball, just riding those tackles in behind.
50:44Final ball just not accurate enough to cause Bielefeld any problems.
50:51Nick Voltemar, his 17th competitive goal of the season.
51:05Started them off very nicely this evening.
51:08A moment there.
51:21A moment there.
51:35Looking a little stumped as to where they should go with the ball.
51:38Felix Hagmann.
51:47There is room in the centre.
51:56Into the last minute of time added on.
51:58Stuttgart keeping a tight back line.
52:07Which means there's nowhere really for Bielefeld to go.
52:17Stuttgart have lost their last two finals
52:19against Nuremberg and Bayern.
52:30But they are way in front in this one.
52:34Last bit of action of the half.
52:36Voel trying to make something happen.
52:41Sam Schreck.
52:47Referee brings the first half to a close.
52:50If he'd have hit the back of the net instead of the crossbar,
52:58it might have been a different game right from the get-go.
53:01Nick Voltemar
53:02opened the scoring, though,
53:05after Noah Zarin Renbazé only rattled the crossbar.
53:11Enzo Mio and Denis Undav
53:14adding to Voltemar's goal
53:18will mean that the score at half-time
53:21is Armenia Bielefeld 0,
53:24Stuttgart 3.
53:33Plenty
53:34to talk about as far as
53:38Zarin Renbazé.
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