For Hertha fans, the win was merely justice being done. Two years earlier, after all, Hertha BSC had lost its fourth straight final for the fourth time in a row, this time to Fürth – in Nuremberg. Another scandal match.\n\nSupporters of neighboring 1. FC Nürnberg believed their side’s semifinal defeat to Hertha had been caused by major refereeing errors.
It was Nürnberg’s first defeat in a championship finals campaign and the first time they had failed to reach the final after qualifying. They gave the visitors from the capital a deeply hostile welcome.\n\nThere was plenty of violence and mayhem during the match too. The game came close to being abandoned several times, but it was completed after all.
Fürth won 3:2 thanks to a late goal by Rupprecht in the 85th minute.