The last time Bayern won the German Cup was in 2020. The best result in the past five years was only the top 8 and stopped in the second round three times.

October 28th Bayern started the new season with a 13-game winning streak in all competitions, but "Bild" pointed out that Bayern cannot take the next game lightly because they have capsized in the German Cup gutter many times in the past five years.

After winning the first 13 games of the season (scoring 47 goals and conceding 9 goals), Sebena Street is currently filled with a jubilant atmosphere. In the second round of the German Cup, if the team coached by Vincent Kompany (39 years old) can defeat Cologne away from home, it will create an epic start.

AC Milan also achieved 13 consecutive victories in the 1992/93 season (scoring 45 goals and conceding 13 goals). Bayern has tied this record after beating Borussia Monchengladbach 3-0 last Saturday. However, no team in the five major European leagues has yet achieved the feat of 14 consecutive wins at the start of the season.

Kompany has gone down in history, but now the Bayern coach is shouldering heavy pressure from the German Cup: there is no room for failure against Cologne in the away game!

The last time Bayern won the German Cup was in 2020, led by former coach Hans Flick (60 years old/current Barcelona coach). That was also the team's last appearance in the Berlin final.

In the following five years, Bayern encountered Waterloo in the German Cup one after another:

►In the 2020/21 season, Flick led the team and was eliminated by the German second-division team Kiel on a penalty kick in the second round (7:8)

►In the 2021/22 season, Julian Nag Ernstmann (38 years old) also stopped in the second round during his coaching period, losing to Borussia Monchengladbach 0:5

►In the 2022/23 season, Thomas Tuchel (52 years old) was eliminated in the quarter-finals and lost to Freiburg 1:2 at home

►The biggest shame was undoubtedly 20 In the 2023/24 season (coached by Tuchel), he was eliminated by the German third-division team Saarbrücken 1:2 in the second round

►In the 2024/25 season's 0:1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the top 16, Manuel Neuer (39 years old) left the field with a red flag, which led to his away game on Wednesday. Cologne still needs to be suspended - its replacement Jonas Urbig (22 years old/transferred from Cologne in January 2025 for 7 million euros) will be appointed at the critical moment

Therefore, Bayern management has made it clear that winning the German Cup and defending the league title are the two core goals this season!

President Herbert Hainer (71 years old) said as early as April in an interview with "Bild" about the women's double championship: "This should be the goal of the men's football team! We are eager to return to Berlin. We have not played there for too long."

Obviously: If Bayern loses in Cologne, it means that they will lose the qualification to compete for a championship at the beginning of the season, and the German Cup championship drought will also continue. Even the glory of the opening 13-game winning streak will be overshadowed!

More importantly, this will be a major setback before facing two powerful opponents: Bayer Leverkusen (league on November 1) and Paris Saint-Germain (UEFA Champions League on November 4).

If they successfully defeat Cologne on Wednesday, Bayern will set a new start record - and the dream of crowning the double champion in Berlin on May 23, 2026 will continue to burn!

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