Until Borussia Dortmund plays like it did tonight, Bayern Munich will always be Bundesliga champion. In the third strongest league in Europe, the champions is already known – it’s Bayern Munich again, for the tenth consecutive time, a record among Top 5 European leagues, as they easily defeated their fiercest rivals and second placed Borussia Dortmund 3-1 and gained 12 points, three games before the end. The Bavarians are so dominant in Germany, that they are making an exciting league as Bundesliga quite dull. Nobody can match them, and tonight Borussia proved that. Instead of showing their strength and wining in ‘enemy’ territory, the Millionaires played their own game: with dodgy defense and lack of aggression and lost again.10 – FC Bayern Munich have won a 10th Bundesliga title in a row, setting a new record in Europe’s big-five leagues, overtaking Juventus’ 9 from 2012 to 2020. Abo. #FCBBVB pic.twitter.com/V95rtXvn1i— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) April 23, 2022 It was not the best game Bayern ever played, but it was more than enough for nine time consecutive champions to become tenth time champions, and win their 33nd title overall. They played with aggression, they played smart, they pressed and they converted their chances. Borussia only scored after the penalty and had another 15 minutes of good play, but that was not near good enough to win, or at least to draw against the champions. Next season, Borussia needs a full overhaul of the defense, and since Erlin Haaland is going, they will need to find a way to score too. And while that happens, Bayern will reign and will drink campaign at Alliance Arena, just like Munich’s board did tonight a the stands. The statistics of the first half were clear: Bayern 2 shots on target (and two goals), Borussia – 0. It was a great efficiency from the home team, who totally controlled the first half, not allowing Borussia to make a clear chance. To be perfectly honest, the Millionaires at times had problems with getting the ball out of their own half. Borussia’s defense was shaky (again) and lost a lot of balls in midfield, which the Bavarians turned into chances immediately. Goretzka headed a Kimmich corner back to Gnabry, who fired a great volley for the lead in the 15th minute of the match. With this goal (his 13th), Gnabry now leads all Germans in Bundesliga. He’s also hit double figures in all six of his Bundesliga campaigns to date. He scored another goal in the first half, but it was ruled by VAR. But, soon it was 2-0. Zagadou lost possession in the Dortmund half, and Muller passed the ball to Lewandowski who escaped Akanji, and scored his 23 goals in 16 Bundesliga appearances against his former club.Joshua Kimmich gave Borussia hope early in the second half when he tackled Marco Reus in the penalty area and Emre Can scored. Borussia finally moved and created two good chances after their first goal, but Upamecano cleared the ball off the goal line and Hernandez made a last second tackle to deny Reus. Borussia captain played a poor game today, as he was dispossessed almost every time he got the ball, while Haaland had two good shots in the second half, but both off target. And then the substitute Jamal Musiala again used the fact that Borussia’s defense was asleep and scored for the final 3-1 and tenth Bundesliga title in a row.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 31FridayWolfsburg – Mainz 5-0 (5-0)/Wind 8, 42, Kruse 24 pen, 35, 45+2/SaturdayKoln – Bielefeld 3-1 (2-1)Eintr.Frankfurt – Hoffenheim 2-2 (1-1)Freiburg – M’ gladbach 3-3 (0-2)Greuther Furth – Leverkusen 1-4 (1-2)RB Leipzig – Union Berlin 1-2 (0-0)Bayern – Dortmund 3-1 (2-0)/Gnabry 15, Lewandowski 34, Musiala 83 – Can 52/ (p) Sunday16:30: (2.40) Bochum (3.35) Augsburg (3.20)18:30: (2.90) Hertha (3.30) Stuttgart (2.65)***odds are subject to change***
