Apart from a quarter-final clash against Borussia Monchengladbach, Dortmund’s route to the final has been fairly straightforward. Holstein Kiel were the final challenge in the semi-final but Giovanni Reyna’s brace sent Edin Terzic’s side well on the way to a 5-0 victory. Before that, they knocked out MSV Duisburg, Eintracht Braunschweig and Paderborn to make it this far.
As Julian Nagelsmann prepares for his departure in summer, he will be hoping to take Leipzig to their first-ever major trophy in their history. Nurnberg, Augsburg, VfL Bochum and Wolfsburg all tried and failed against Leipzig before their 2-1 extra-time win over Werder Bremen to reach the final stage of this year’s DFB-Pokal.