Bayern Munich defeated defending champions VfB Stuttgart 3-0 to win the German Cup, the DFB Pokal, for the 21st time. Harry Kane scored all three goals, completing a domestic double for the Bundesliga champions. The victory ended a six-year drought in the competition for Bayern. Kane’s seasonal total reached 61 goals across all competitions. The win marked Bayern’s 14th league-and-cup double, a record no other German club has matched more than once. Kane described the hat trick in the final as a special responsibility and lasting memory. Bayern’s goals came from a diving header, a low shot into the bottom corner, and a penalty after a handball in stoppage time. Fans protested high ticket prices, strict fan behavior rules, and proposed surveillance measures, with pyrotechnics causing brief stoppages.
"During the second half, both sets of fans staged protests against the German Football Federation (DFB), complaining about high ticket prices and strict rules on fan behavior. Pyrotechnics created thick smoke that forced two brief interruptions in play as fans defied the longstanding ban on such devices. They also protested against proposed DFB and government plans for stricter surveillance at matches including personalized ticketing and facial recognition technology along with tougher stadium nationwide bans based"
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