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

Bayern started the new season with 13 consecutive wins 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 in the away game against Cologne!

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 Nagelsmann (38 years old) also stopped in the second round during his coaching period, defeating Borussia Monchengladbach 0:5

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

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

► In the 0:1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 of the 2024/25 season, Manuel Neuer (39 years old) left the field with a red flag, which resulted in him still having to be suspended for the away game against Cologne on Wednesday - his replacement Jonas Urby Xi (22 years old/transferred from Cologne in January 2025 for 7 million euros) will be appointed at the critical moment

Therefore, Bayern management has clearly listed winning the German Cup and defending the league as its 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 a championship qualification 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!