Europe’s most thrilling title race: Germany’s Bundesliga set for final day. Sport is enjoyable because it is unpredictable. The favorites and consistent winners have their place, but there is room for the underdogs and the dreamers.
But this kind of romance against the odds has been missing from Germany’s Bundesliga for far too long. Bayern Munich has won 10 straight league titles, wiping out any unexpected results in the last ten years.
The last time Bayern didn’t win the title was in the 2011–12 season when Borussia Dortmund was led to victory by current Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
It had become expected that Bayern would win the German top-division Bundesliga at the end of each season. But things are different this season
Many of Europe’s top leagues have already announced their champions, including the Premier League (Manchester City), La Liga (Barcelona), and Serie A (Napoli). In France, it appears likely that Paris Saint-Germain will win Ligue 1, as the Parisian club needs just a point from its final two games to secure a record-tying 11th league title.
With the championship poised to be won on the season’s final day, soccer fans are left looking to the Bundesliga for a dose of end-of-season drama.
Due to Bayern’s shocking 3-1 loss to Leipzig, a team who has never previously triumphed in Munich, Dortmund now has a chance to deny Bayern an unprecedented 11th straight league title.
Europe’s most thrilling title race: Germany’s Bundesliga set for final day
After defeating FC Augsburg 3-0 on Sunday, Dortmund moved two points clear of Bayern at the top of the table. A win over Mainz in the last game of the season would give Dortmund the championship.
Although we still have one game, Dortmund’s sports director Sebastian Kehl said, “I don’t really want to stop the euphoria.”
“We need another 90 minutes but are soaking in the thrill. We can’t let something be taken away from us.
Thomas Tuchel, the manager of Bayern Munich, claimed he had “no explanation” for how his team lost at home when a victory would have put Bayern in the lead for the championship.
According to Reuters, he replied, “It is inexplicable.” “We stopped acting, helping, and being courageous.”
Although Serge Gnabry gave Bayern a lead in the 25th minute, it’s possible that complacency set in because they lost the shocking game.
The Bavarians were in total control before allowing Konrad Laimer to draw the game before giving up two penalties that may be very expensive.
Bayern is currently second in the table under Tuchel, who took over for the fired Julian Nagelsmann in March. However, the former Dortmund manager may not be able to lead Bayern to the title that has belonged to the Bavarian team for the past ten years.
In what is expected to be a tight final day, Bayern heads to 10th-placed FC Köln looking for a win and an unexpected Dortmund slip-up.
