International reaction to DFB Cup final: 'Harry Kane was like a hurricane'

After completing the double with a 3-0 win over VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Cup final on Saturday evening, the national and international media were full of praise for FC Bayern and in particular hat-trick hero Harry Kane. fcbayern.com rounds up the press reaction from Germany and around the world.

Reaction from German media

Kicker: “With his head and cleverness: Kane leads Bayern to first cup victory in six years. (...) The Bavarians’ dominance stifled all potential opportunities for the Swabians. VfB could no longer get out of their own half and had to accept by the 80th minute at the latest that the dream of a second successive cup win was over.”

Sky Sport: “FC Bayern have crowned their remarkable season with a second trophy and battled to the club’s 21st cup win on their eagerly awaited return to Berlin thanks to hat-trick hero Harry Kane.”

Spiegel: “What has Harry Kane achieved this season? 36 goals in the league, 14 goals in the Champions League, 10 in the cup. Plus one in the Supercup so as not to end up with 60, a number associated with the blue and white half of Munich. There’s no better number nine in world football right now than Kane.”

Süddeutsche Zeitung: “A cup for Harry Kane. A hat-trick from the striker fired FC Bayern to a 3-0 win over VfB Stuttgart in the cup final and the double. Only in the first half did the Munich side face real difficulties.”

Stern: “Harry Kane was the man of the evening in Bayern’s victory over Stuttgart in the big final. We’re running out of superlatives for the hat-trick scorer. Even the opponents praised the Englishman.”

Reaction from international media

The Sun (England): “The referee was forced to halt Bayern Munich’s match as Harry Kane’s goal sparked flare smoke to fill the Olympiastadion.”

Daily Mail (England): “Harry Kane capped off his remarkable season in perfect fashion, as his hat-trick sealed German Cup glory for Bayern Munich. (...) Kane, mocked for so long for his sparse trophy cabinet, has now added the DFB Pokal to his two Bundesliga winner's medals.”

BBC (England): “Kane's cup-winning goals cap a remarkable season with Bayern in which he finishes with an astonishing 61 goals in 51 games. After Bayern secured the Bundesliga title for the second season running earlier in May and the German Supercup last August, Kane has now won four trophies since joining the German giants in the summer of 2023.”

Marca (Spain): “Harry Kane sweeps through Berlin like a whirlwind and brings the POKAL back for Bayern.”

Mundo Deportivo (Spain): “Harry Kane fires Bayern to double with a hat-trick.”

Sport (Switzerland): “A lethal Kane hands Bayern another DFB Cup.”

Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy): “Kane is phenomenal.”

Corierre dello Sport (Italy): “With his head, with his right and from the penalty spot: that’s how Harry Kane downed VfB Stuttgart with a hat-trick in the final of the DFB Cup. The English striker was like a hurricane in the second half.”

Tuttosport (Italy): “Kane stratospheric: the English striker bags a hat-trick and sees Bayern to the double. Once again it was Kane who decided it in the second half with a hat-trick.”

Kurier (Austria): “It was a perfect final for the goal-getter, who’d lost all five of his previous finals as a professional – with Tottenham in the Champions League (2019) and English League Cup (2015 and 2021) as well as with England at the last two European Championships. Harry Kane crowned a strong performance with a hat-trick.”

The analysis of the cup final: