- Title: SOCCER-GERMANY/CUP REACTIONS Dortmund fans speak after German Cup defeat
- Date: 31st May 2015
- Summary: FANS WAVING BLACK-YELLOW CLUB SCARVES AND FLAGS
- Embargoed: 15th June 2015 13:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: Borussia Dortmund fans reacted disappointed but thankful to outgoing coach Juergen Klopp after VfL Wolfsburg scored three times in 16 minutes to come back from a goal down to beat Dortmund 3-1 on Saturday (May 30) and land their first German Cup final win, a fitting coronation after a hugely successful season.
Wolfsburg, who finished second in the Bundesliga, rallied after Dortmund had taken a fifth-minute lead on a sun-drenched day at the Olympic Stadium, venue of next week's Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus.
Dortmund, in their fourth final since 2008 and hoping for a winning farewell for Klopp, got off to a dream start when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fired in a volley following a chip from Shinji Kagawa.
Keeper Mitch Langerak denied Wolfsburg a quick equaliser, palming an Ivan Perisic shot round the post, but he could do nothing when Luiz Gustavo slotted in a rebound after the Australian saved a thunderous free kick from Naldo in the 22nd minute.
De Bruyne, Wolfsburg's best player of the season by far with 10 league goals and 20 assists, drilled in his first German Cup goal after 33 minutes and before Dortmund could recover, Bas Dost's header five minutes later made it 3-1.
An estimated 130,000 Dortmund fans poured into the capital but 50,000 of them saw little in the stadium in terms of a second-half comeback from their team.
Instead it was Wolfsburg who were dangerous on the break, leaving Klopp with a bitter end to seven success-laden years at Dortmund that included two league titles, two German Super Cups, a German Cup and a Champions League final in 2013.
"Of course it is a great disappointment, because we have counted on winning this last one", Borussia Dortmund fan Marvin Dubel summed it up after watching the match at the public viewing arena in Dortmund, "Of course this doesn't matter, Klopp remains number one."
Fans agreed that besides whishing for the cup they were also satisfied with their team during the last Bundesliga season. "The season was good at the end. We have worked the way up from the last to place 6,7 and we have made it to the finals, to the cup final and who would have thought that we now get the cup, it would have been great, but the season was was great enough. Respect to Klopp and I wish him the best," fan Pascal Hofmann said.
For Wolfsburg, backed by car maker Volkswagen, it was their first trophy since winning the Bundesliga in 2009 and came 20 years after their only previous German Cup final appearance. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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