Last update 14 November, 2022 by Alberto Llopis
Bayern won the German Cup after beating Stuttgart (3-2) and added his third great title of the season together with the Bundesliga and the Champions. In the end, Heynckes's men were three goals ahead of the 60 minutes thanks to the goals of Müller and Mario Gómez (2). His rival provided suspense with two goals from Harnik in the final stretch of the match. Bayern did not give in anymore, what in 2010, de la mano de Louis Van Gaal, He was about to win the triple crown. The Inter, however, He beat him in the Champions League final at the Bernabéu.
Bayern's treble, historical, allows the Bavarian team to enter a select club formed by Celtic (1967), Ajax (1972), PSV (1988), Manchester United (1999), Barcelona (2009) and Inter Milan (2010). The Munich coach, Jupp Heynckes, is equated in this way to Pep Guardiola (Barcelona), Jose Mourinho (Inter) Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Jock Stein (Celtic), Stefan Kovacs (Ajax) y Guus Hiddink (PSV Eindhoven).
The goals of Müller and Mario Gómez (2) they resolved the final in Berlin
Celtic were the first team to achieve the feat. It was in the season 1967, which coincided with success in the Scottish Premier ahead of Glasgow Rangers. Later he obtained the Cup by beating Aberdeen (2-0) and ended the year with the European Cup, in which they beat Inter Milan (2-1). After, Johan Cruyff led Ajax's best period. were the years 70, the best stage of dutch football. With Stefan Kovacs as coach, ganó con autoridad la Liga, with only one loss in the season. In the Dutch Cup they beat ADO The Hague in the final (3-2). And in the final of the European Cup they also beat Inter (2-0).
In 2010, Van Gaal was already one step away from the triple crown with the Munich team
PSV picked up the baton at the end of the eighties. Guided by Guus Hiddink, beat Ajax by nine points in the race for the Liga de 1988. In the Cup they knocked down Roda and in the European Cup they made the most of their performance: without winning a single game in the quarterfinals or semifinals -in which he got off the Quinta del Vulture- they knocked down Benfica on penalties. 11 años depués, Alex Ferguson led Manchester United to one of its best moments in its history. The Premier was awarded ahead of Arsenal and in the Cup they beat Newcastle (2-0). In the Champions League he starred in an anthological final, and el Camp Nou, ante el Bayern. in two minutes, the English team turned the score around with goals from Sheringham and Solksjaer.
A decade had to pass until another team, Guardiola's Barça. In his first season as coach, ganó la Liga con autoridad, the Cup against Athletic (4-1) and the Champions in Rome, versus Manchester United (2-0). Just one year later, Mourinho's Inter also achieved the triple crown.