Bayern Munich and Stuttgart are set to meet in the DFB Cup final 2025/26 at the Olympiastadion Berlin; before kickoff, lineups were announced and players were warming up as more silverware sat within reach for the winner.
The moment arrived on the pitch: both teams’ starting XIs are public, preparations have moved from the dressing room to the warm-up area, and the stadium is poised to stage the season’s cup showpiece. The confirmed lineups and visible routines offered the clearest preview fans will get before the whistle.
This is the match that will decide the domestic cup for 2025/26. For players and coaching staffs, the DFB Cup final is the single game that can turn a long season into a double celebration or a near miss, and the announced squads will bear that burden for the next 90 minutes — plus whatever comes in extra time or penalties.
The play-by-play of those last preparations is being tracked on a live coverage page from Diario AS, which is carrying the running updates, the lineups and the visual of the players going through drills on the field. That live coverage also directs readers to the AS USA app and the outlet’s social channels for minute-by-minute visuals and commentary ahead of kickoff.
The announced teams and pre-match warmups create a straightforward frame for the contest: choices are made, roles assigned, and now execution will determine the outcome. Lineups tell part of the story — who a manager trusts in a final — but the warmup sessions reminded everyone that fitness, tempo and early momentum on the pitch will matter as much as selection sheets handed out earlier.
Everything about the evening points to a single, sharp tension: which side will translate the certainty of selection into the kind of performance that wins silverware? The announced lineups remove speculation about who will start; the warmups remove the final layer of doubt about players’ readiness. What remains is football — the players, the ball and the stadium — and a cup that will change a season’s shape by the final whistle.
For fans following from home or in Berlin, the lineups are the last word from the managers before the game begins and the warmups the last visible step before competitive football takes over. Coverage outlets are funneling those last pre-match images and updates into social feeds and app alerts so supporters can watch the immediate shift from preparation to competition.
The most consequential unanswered question now is simple and absolute: which eleven men on each side will convert the pre-match certainty into the single result that hands their club the DFB Cup for 2025/26? The answer will be settled on the grass of the Olympiastadion Berlin tonight, when the announced lineups meet the reality of the game.
