Bundesliga, Bayern champion of Germany for the tenth time in a row

Still champions. Bayern Munich win the Bundesliga for the tenth year in a row thanks to a 3-1 win against Borussia Dortmund. The Bavarians, three days from the end, thus find themselves at +12 on the second-placed gialloneri and are therefore unattainable. Decisive goals from Gnabry in the 15 ‘(beautiful volley from the edge of the area on a corner kick), by Lewandowski (good at using Müller’s assist) in the 34’ and Musiala in the 83 ‘. Can’s goal (on a penalty) in the 52nd minute is useless. Nagelsmann’s team, found the advantage, managed without too many problems the opponents who only touched the equalizer in the 81st minute with Haaland who, from an excellent position, kicked high. Dortmund, in fact, seemed to raise the white flag without reacting with conviction, a bit like happened throughout the season (including the national cup), when the gialloneri have never managed to take advantage of the missteps (or the elimination from the cup). ) of the Bavarians.

THE NUMBERS – This is Bayern’s 32nd title, the 31st since the Bundesliga was founded. The Munich club, which has definitively become the most successful in Germany with the title won in 1979-80 (at the time it broke away from Gladbach taking to 6 to 5) has accelerated in this sense in recent decades: from 1995 to today, in fact, in 24 out of 27 occasions she finished first or second in the league. The last summer market did not bring great results: of the new signings only Upamecano played continuously, albeit without fully convincing (instead he disappointed Sabitzer), but nevertheless the Bavarians dominated from start to finish, winning 14 of the first 17 championship days. For Thomas Müller it is the eleventh Bundesliga won. He thus detached Alaba (now joined by Neuer at 10) in terms of the number of titles conquered: no one has ever won more than him. It is only Müller and Neuer who have collected at least one appearance in the 10 championships in a row won by the Bavarians. Bayern have only won two of their last 16 titles in their stadium. For this reason, the title obtained arithmetically today at the Allianz Arena, among other things against Dortmund, still has a particular flavor.

THE STARS – This is the title of the attack: with the 92 goals scored in 31 games, all the opponents were effectively wiped out. In 19 games (out of 31) Nagelsmann’s team scored from 3 goals upwards. Lewandowski, with 33 goals scored, is once again the top scorer of the tournament (this is the fifth time in a row that has happened). The last German to score most of all was Meier, from Eintracht, in 2015. Ups and downs for Gnabry, who with today is the second best scorer of the Bavarians with 13 goals. They stopped at 7 Müller and Sané. Something more was expected from Nagelsmann who, on the other hand, was unable to find the square of the circle from a tactical point of view. Often the team has given the feeling of being too unbalanced and, both in the cup and in the Champions League, has paid the consequences by being eliminated prematurely. For the coach, this is the second title after the one he won in the summer (the Super Cup, again against Dortmund). He will have to improve to allow the team to return to being more competitive also in the European field. Because in Germany the title is now almost a formality. @elmarbergo