Hoeneß Praises Bayern Season Before Bayern Vs Vfb Stuttgart Final
bayern vs vfb stuttgart arrives with Uli Hoeneß putting FC Bayern's season in the strongest possible terms. On Sunday in the inner courtyard of Munich City Hall, the club's Ehrenpräsident said: "Besser geht’s nicht!"
That is the backdrop to the DFB-Pokalfinale in Berlin, where Christoph Freund said Bayern want to crown the season with the double. Joshua Kimmich also drew a line between this team and earlier versions of the club, saying he no longer measures success only by titles.
Hoeneß At Munich City Hall
Hoeneß delivered his praise on Sunday in the inner courtyard of Munich City Hall, and the timing mattered because Bayern are heading into the cup final against VfB Stuttgart with a chance to finish the job in Berlin. The 74-year-old's wording was brief, but it fit a season that club figures describe as strong across a longer stretch rather than in one isolated match.
Christoph Freund added the target in clearer terms. "Natürlich wollen wir die Saison mit dem Double in Berlin krönen. Wir waren dort lang nicht mehr und deswegen ist das ein ganz, ganz großes Ziel," he said recently. Bayern have not been in Berlin for a long time, which gives the final a more direct edge than a routine trophy chase.
Kimmich And Bayern's Standard
Kimmich's comments on Friday evening before the final cut to the core of how Bayern are judging themselves now. "Von außen betrachtet zählen immer nur die Titel. Wenn man selbst drinsteckt, ist es schon so, dass wir konstant auf einem hohen Level Fußball gespielt haben. […] Ich mache den Erfolg einer Saison nicht an einem Spiel fest – das habe ich vor ein paar Jahren so gemacht. Man sieht auch den Weg dorthin," he said.
He added, "Ich bin weit davon entfernt, den Erfolg nur rein an Titeln zu messen." That is a sharper standard than the one he used a few years ago, when a single game carried more weight in his judgment. Kimmich said he sees a team that has fun and joy, a change from the title-or-bust framing that usually hangs over Bayern.
Berlin And Bayern's Recent Past
The contrast with Bayern's recent history gives the final extra pressure. The club needed Jupp Heynckes to rescue the team after Carlo Ancelotti was dismissed as coach eight years earlier, and the article says Bayern did not convince as consistently in the 2020 triple season as they do now. Those references sit behind the current mood, where the season is being measured not just by what has already been won, but by whether Berlin turns praise into a completed double.
Vincent Kompany kept the focus inside the camp. "In meiner Motivation spielt das keine Rolle. Nach dem Spiel wird es von allen eine Meinung geben, davon bin ich überzeugt," he said before the cup final. For Bayern, that leaves the final against VfB Stuttgart as the one result that will settle how this season is remembered.
The warning from 2018 is already part of the frame: Kimmich called that defeat a "brutal enttäuschende Saison." This time, Bayern head into Berlin with Hoeneß praising the campaign, Freund setting the double as the goal, and the squad insisting its value is bigger than one trophy alone.
