Vincent Kompany believes it’s a “super reward” to have the ability to play within the DFB-Pokal last after Bayern Munich defeated Bayer Leverkusen within the final 4.
Harry Kane and Luis Diaz have been on course for Bayern in a 2-0 win at BayArena, with the Bavarian membership reaching their first DFB-Pokal showpiece since 2019-20, once they received the competitors.
It was a dominant show, as Kompany’s facet produced 2.6 xG from 20 pictures to Leverkusen’s 0.3 from 4 makes an attempt.
Kane scored his seventh aim on this DFB-Pokal season, essentially the most by a participant in a season in seven years (2018-19 Robert Lewandowski additionally seven).
Solely Thomas Muller (eight in 2013-14) has scored extra targets in a single version of the competitors on this millennium.
This will likely be Kompany’s first DFB-Pokal last since taking cost on the membership, an achievement which isn’t misplaced on the Belgian coach.
“Since day one, everybody has been speaking about Berlin. Having the ability to deliver the membership again there’s a super reward,” stated Kompany.
“We performed very properly within the first half – excessive depth, we didn’t enable them something.
“Leverkusen got here into the sport higher within the second half. They made us defend deeper, however we dealt with that properly.
“We’re having fun with this time as a result of it’s about titles, and we’re nonetheless within the combine for every little thing.”
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Bayern have already clinched the Bundesliga title this time period, whereas they face Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League semi-final.
Kompany insisted they won’t look previous their league fixture towards Mainz this weekend, regardless of their semi-final first leg towards PSG quick approaching.
“Theoretically, we’ll swap to Mainz, although we’ve already secured the title,” added Kompany.
“We have now a transparent routine for a way we put together for matches. I don’t need to change the method as a result of all video games are essential.”
