Already in November Uli Hoeneß had firmly promised the championship to Bayern fans. To an unstable Leverkusener, the supposedly large -speaking statement fell into the supposedly large -scale statement: On matchday 32, thanks to the Freiburg draw against pursuer Leverkusen, FC Bayern became German champion for the 34th.
For honorary president Hoeneß, this was clear after the eleventh matchday. “What I can say is the German championship”The patron said at a forum event of the Swiss newspaper “Finanz und Business” in Rüschlikon in the canton of Zurich.
His justification in November 2024: “We are wonderfully there today. We are leaders. And our only real competitors Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig are far behind.”
At the time of the current champions Leverkusen, after a messed up start with just five wins from eleven games, nine points were already eight, eight.
No longer recovered from the false start
Ultimately, the team of Xabi Alonso has never recovered from this false start, even if there were always phases in which the Turnaround seemed to be made to strength and dominance of the pre -season. But it was through the entire season that Leverkusen was simply too bad in the crucial moments.
When Bayern turned a 2-0 lead against Bochum into a 2: 3 bankruptcy at home on March 8, Bayer could have gotten five points-and wasted the home game against Werder Bremen 0: 2. Most recently, Bayern won only one point against BVB on April 12, and again Leverkusen set the template: 0-0 against Union Berlin.
Strong record of Vincent Kompany
Bavaria has held the lead since the 3rd matchday – and no longer handed it over. After 30 games, the FCB had collected as many points as in the entire season before (72).
Bayern players cheer at RB Leipzig – Bayern Munich
Which may have been believed to have many Vincent Kompany, whose points cut in Bayern history has so far only been surpassed by Pep Guardiola and Hansi Flick: he was the better coach in the overall view of the five direct duels with Bayer this season. Xabi Alonso won the cup game, but in the league there were two draws and in the Champions League two correct descriptions by FCB.
Bad coaching by Leverkusens Alonso
The indebted Xabi Alonso also due to Miserable coaching by again leaving Patrik Schick on the bench in the first leg of the premier class without strikers and, as well as Victor Boniface, as well as Victor Boniface. The idea with replacement goalkeeper Matěj Kovar as number one also turned out to be a complete wrong handle.
Pssst, again again – Xabi Alonso could have whispered Patrik Schick in the ear …
In the league game on the 22nd matchday, Xabi Alonso had already tried the without striker variant unsuccessfully: Leverkusen was superior in the duel with Bayern, had 16: 2 (!) Shots-but no executor and missed a possible turning point in the title fight.
Leipzig and Dortmund: Total failures in the title race
RB Leipzig – And on this point Hoeneß was quite wrong in his prophetic speech in November – at no time was a competitor at no time. The Leipziger, in which the offensive triangle with Benjamin Sesko, Lois Openda and Xavi Simons could actually be part of the European top, was a total failure of the season for long stretches of the season as the nearby champion of 2023, Borussia Dortmund.
What this looks like in the coming season can only be feared: there is a similar boredom. Leipzig has no hope on the coaching bench that Dortmund would have to renovate the squad at the core, Leverkusen threaten Jonathan Tah also the departures of Florian Wirtz and Xabi Alonso. The fact that Uli Hoeneß celebrates a similar appearance even in October is in the area of the imaginable.