"Outrage": Hoene? lashes out at Bayern and VfB fans

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Joint protests by Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart fans against the DFB have infuriated FCB honorary president Uli Hoeneß.

"What the fans on both sides got up to today is an outrage," Hoeneß railed on Sky following Bayern's 3-0 victory in the DFB Cup final on Saturday evening.

"They completely ruined the game. My wife told me you couldn't see a thing on the telly for ages," Hoeneß continued to grumble. At the start of the second half, a DFB logo with a line through it was passed from the VfB Stuttgart supporters' stand across the stands and made its way to the FCB fans on the opposite side of Berlin's Olympic Stadium.

Numerous banners from both sets of fans also rained down fierce criticism of the German Football Association as part of the joint protest. One banner in the Bayern end summed up the mood: "Great rivals agree: F**k you, DFB." For minutes, fans from both sides traded chants of "F**k the DFB," leaving no doubt about their unity.

The protest was partly driven by ticket prices: €45 (fan category), €80 (category 3), €150 (category 2) and €195 (category 1). Given the stadium layout, a disproportionately large section has been allocated to these higher-priced categories," Club No. 12, the association representing FC Bayern's active fan base, stated in a pre-match announcement.

FC Bayern München v VfB Stuttgart - DFB Cup Final 2026

Following fan protests, Hoeneß insists: "The DFB is in no way to blame"

Supporters from both clubs set off pyrotechnics in their stands during the protest, briefly forcing referee Sven Jablonski to halt play after about 60 minutes as smoke engulfed the pitch.

"There were moments in the second half when I couldn't see a thing. If fans think that's how they celebrate, I'm done with it," Hoeneß fumed. The Bayern president then demanded, "The clubs, the DFB and the politicians must act decisively to ensure this outrageous behaviour doesn't happen again. The DFB isn't to blame for anything."

Harry Kane makes history with a hat-trick for Bayern Munich in the DFB-Pokal final

Amidst the commotion in the stands, Bayern had taken the lead in the 55th minute through Harry Kane. Stuttgart had made life very difficult for the champions in the first half, but the Munich side stepped up their game after the break.

Kane sealed the victory in the 80th minute with his second goal, and in stoppage time the star English striker completed a hat-trick from the penalty spot to make it 3-0. Kane is thus the first player ever to score a perfect hat-trick in a DFB-Pokal final (three goals in succession within a single half). Only three others had previously recorded 'normal' hat-tricks in the final: Uwe Seeler for Hamburger SV in 1963, Roland Wohlfarth for Bayern in 1986, and Robert Lewandowski for Borussia Dortmund in 2012.

Uli Hoeneß

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