Thomas Tuchel will lead Chelsea out in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday hoping to repeat the domestic cup triumphs he enjoyed at Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain.
Tuchel won the DFB-Pokal in 2017 and the Coupe de France in 2020, the principal cup competitions in Germany and France. Both successes came at the second time of asking after agonising penalty shoot-out defeats a year earlier. Here we look at how those finals panned out…
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2016 DFB-Pokal final: Bayern Munich 0 Borussia Dortmund 0 (4-3 on pens)
In his first season at Borussia Dortmund, Tuchel guided The Black and Yellows to their third consecutive DFB-Pokal final with the minimum of fuss.
However, they suffered a third consecutive loss, this time on penalties, after two tight hours of football could not separate the sides. Pep Guardiola’s Bayern dominated possession, but there were just four shots on target overall as the teams cancelled each other out.
Defenders Sven Bender and Sokratis Papastathopulous missed the decisive spot-kicks, ensuring there would be no winner’s medal for Tuchel in his debut Dortmund season.
2017 DFB-Pokal final: Borussia Dortmund 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 1
Tuchel had to wait just 12 months to put that right. Having dramatically overcome old foes Bayern at the Allianz Arena 3-2 in the semi-final, Dortmund went into the Berlin showpiece as the favourites.
The teams exchanged goals in the opening half-hour with Frankfurt, containing Chelsea loanee Michael Hector in their defence, proving more than a match for their star-studded opponents. They missed a gilt-edged opportunity to take the lead and were punished midway through the second half.
