On 12 May 2012, Borussia Dortmund recorded a 5-2 victory over Bayern Munich to claim their third and most recent DFB Cup title and secure the first-ever double in the club's history.

Rarely is a DFB Cup final awaited with as much anticipation as the one that took place on 12 May 2012. Half of the city of Dortmund appeared to have converged on the capital, while every football fan across Germany had their eyes glued to the television.

The match was barely two minutes old when Munich's Gustavo lost possession in midfield and then mishit a backpass into the path of Blaszczykowski, who sprinted through down the right and squared the ball across for Kagawa to slot home the opener.

The elation among the BVB faithful quickly transformed into concern as goalkeeper Weidenfeller spent minutes on the ground receiving treatment following a collision with Gomez. The shot-stopper continued to play through the pain barrier but was clearly struggling as he charged out of his penalty area and brought down Gomez with a mistimed challenge shortly afterwards. Yellow for Weidenfeller and penalty for Bayern. Robben scored. Honours even midway through the first half.

Towards the end of the first period, the Black & Yellows re-established their lead after Blaszczykowski had been brought down by Boateng in the box, with Hummels converting the ensuing spot-kick. In the five minutes of stoppage time that followed, Kagawa countered at lightning pace and Lewandowski peeled away from marker Boateng, latching on to the Japan international's pass and firing past Neuer and into the bottom corner from 13 metres out.

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Dortmund continued to excel themselves and added a fourth on the 58-minute mark. Kagawa found Großkreutz, who picked out Lewandowski with a clever diagonal ball through Schweinsteiger's legs and the Pole left Neuer with no chance from ten metres out. At the other end, Gomez hit the crossbar with a header from close range in the 69th minute before Ribéry reduced the deficit to 4-2 with a low shot six minutes later. But Lewandowski re-established the three-goal advantage with nine minutes to go: Neuer let Gündogan's pass slip and Piszczek pounced on the loose ball on the right before crossing to Lewandowski, who headed home from four metres to make it 5-2.

"It's wonderful. The club has taken 103 years to win it's first-ever double. This is a really emotional moment. It's quite incredible," declared Hans-Joachim Watzke, having spent several minute standing on the empty pitch lost in thought, in a manner reminiscent of the great Franz Beckenbauer in the wake of Germany's World Cup 1990 triumph in Rome. (br)