The day was dominated by two major stories. In the morning, the debate over cooperation with the AfD intensified, with a former SPD minister calling to tear down the 'firewall' and multiple outlets covering the crumbling consensus against the far-right. By evening, the DFB-Pokal final took center stage: Harry Kane's hat-trick secured Bayern Munich's double, with all major sports outlets leading on the victory. Meanwhile, the coalition's poll numbers continued to slide, with Merkur and FR reporting a loss of nearly every fourth voter since the election. The Iran war remained in the background, with reports of a possible US-Iran deal and a drone vulnerability for NATO.