JIrgen Klop brought two "salads" under Borussia's "yellow wall" in 2011 and 2012, and it was the last time any team other than Bayern won the Bundesliga trophy - until 2024, when the Bavarians' dominance was ended. Xabi Alonso s Bajerom.
It was just one flash of another club in more than a decade, and then the Munich giant put everything back in its place last season - the trophy for the best team in Germany once again adorns the Allianz Arena.
The new Bundesliga season begins tonight at one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world. Bayern will welcome RB Leipzig at 20.30:XNUMX PM, and there is only one thing on their minds - to start a new dynasty again.
At the same time, the rest of Germany is looking for new "aspirins" after those from Bayern, a new team that would overthrow the ruler and in some way save the Bundesliga, where a new champion was declared in August.
Being champions doesn't win games.
Bayern lost a legend Thomas Miller, they left and Leeroy Sane i Kingsley Coman, but somehow during the last season it was clear that the Bavarians could live without them.
On the other hand, two major reinforcements arrived - Luis Diaz from Liverpool and Jonathan Ta from Leverkusen. It seems everything is there for another "saladara", regardless of the fact that the maestro is injured Jamal Musiala.
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Bayern Munich has been the German champion for the last 1968 years - Nuremberg is in second place with nine titles (the last in XNUMX), followed by Dortmund with eight, Schalke with seven, HSV with six, Stuttgart and Mönchengladbach with five each...
- It's okay that we are immediately assigned the role of favorites - we are champions and that's why it's expected. However, being champions will not bring us victory - not against Leipzig, not during the season. For me, it's important that the team is hungry, as if they have never won anything and that now they have the opportunity to do it for the first time - he emphasized Vincent Company, Bayern coach.
Ten Hag is not Harry Potter
Bayer Leverkusen is on a new start, just like its new coach Erik Ten The Hague after an unsuccessful adventure at Manchester United. The "Pharmacists" are in a period of transition after the departure of Xabi Alonso, so it is difficult to expect them to enter the championship race with Bayern.
However, according to many, they are the second favorite in the Bundesliga.
- I'm not Harry Potter, no one is in football. Maybe a wizard can quickly build a team and be successful at the same time, but that's not how top football works - said Ten Hag.
The fact that they haven't worn the Bayern jersey since this summer shows how tough the job is ahead of them. Florian Wirtz, Granite Jack, Jeremy Frimpong and the aforementioned Ta - the guys who brought home the historic title in 2024.
Along with the Leverkusen club, those expected to threaten Bayern include Borussia Dortmund and Leipzig, but we shouldn't forget Eintracht and Stuttgart, who are led by great young coaches - Dino Topmeler i Sebastian Hennes.
The return of beloved clubs
A special charm to the Bundesliga will once again be given by two teams that are great, but who have returned from the "Zweig" hell - former champions Hamburger and Cologne.
It is known that these are clubs that are particularly loved in Germany, so "DW" announced that they are the fourth and fifth teams with the most registered fans in that country.
HSV had long been the club that had not been relegated from the Bundesliga for the longest time, and then in 2018 something happened that was somehow inevitable in those years - a move to a lower league. The club from the port in northern Germany had been waiting for a long time to return, now it is finally here and the party can begin - especially since it is part of the Bundesliga and its city rival Sankt Pauli.
And, the party can start all over Germany - dynamic and beautiful football, many derbies, packed stadiums and great fans in practically every one of them.
Bundesliga, 1st round; Friday: Bayern - RB Leipzig (20.30pm); Saturday: Bayer Leverkusen - Hoffenheim, Eintracht Frankfurt - Werder Bremen, Greuberg - Augsburg, Heidenheim - Wolfsburg, Union Berlin - Stuttgart (15.30:18.30 p.m.), St. Pauli - Borussia Dortmund (XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.); Sunday: Mainz - Cologne (15.30:17.30 p.m.), Borussia M - Hamburger (XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.).
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