Dortmund out to ruin Guardiola’s last Bayern game
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BORUSSIA Dortmund can prevent Pep Guardiola from making a triumphant departure as coach of Bayern Munich.
The two teams meet in the German Cup final today at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin in what is Guardiola’s last match before taking charge of Manchester City in the English Premier League.
Guardiola’s team is coming off its record fourth straight Bundesliga title, while Dortmund finished second.
Bayern has the chance of completing its second domestic double under Guardiola. Guardiola won the Bundesliga in all three seasons he was in charge, as well as the German Cup in his first campaign.
That would be a success by any standard, except perhaps by Bayern’s. Guardiola’s predecessor, Jupp Heynckes, left with a treble, having also won the UEFA Champions League in his final season. Guardiola never won the coveted trophy for Bayern, losing in the semifinals all three seasons.
Compared to the hype surrounding Guardiola’s arrival, the former Barcelona coach’s departure has been low-key.
“We want to give our coaching staff and everyone who is leaving at the end of the season a beautiful farewell and send them off with a double,” Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said.
Dortmund will also feature a prominent departure — captain and defender Mats Hummels is playing his final match before moving to Bayern next season. Hummels is the third Dortmund star to leave for Bayern in recent years, after forwards Mario Goetze and Robert Lewandowski.
Like Lewandowski in 2014, Hummels will also play his final match against his future employer.
Lewandowski will probably be the biggest threat to Dortmund, having scored a Bundesliga-high 30 goals this season.
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