Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen have an open road to the title! In the year when it is about to celebrate its 120th birthday, the lovable club from North Rhine-Westphalia could reach its first German championship title. Bayer is playing great, Bayer is crushing everything in front of it, but Bayern is also helping him wholeheartedly. Thus, tonight the fallen giant suffered their fourth league defeat of the season, and their third in just eight days. Bochum, who conceded 28 goals from Bayern in the last five matches, beat the Bavarians 3:2! These three points very likely mean that Thomas Lech’s company will no longer have to worry about survival this season, while the new failure of the Bavarians definitely represents perhaps the last stage of the disintegration of the atmosphere, the team and the dressing room globally under Thomas Tuchel.A big upset in the Bundesliga as 11th-placed Bochum secure a historic win over Bayern Munich 💥 pic.twitter.com/x2kwrxnAQ4— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) February 18, 2024 For days now, Bayern‘s executives has been sending messages that they will try to find a way out of the crisis together with an experienced strategist, and that they are not thinking about changing the head of the profession, but after this…To put it mildly, it would be a serious surprise if Tuchel sees a rematch against Lazio as Bayern coach. Especially since in the next round – if he survives the night and the first days of next week – he will face a duel with RB Leipzig and Marco Rose next weekend. And it is well known how the former coach of Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain plays when his teams are up against Rose.Ladies and gentlemen, Jamal Musiala. 🌟 pic.twitter.com/FVbvHJVsht— ⁴² (@MusialaEra) February 18, 2024 🚨🚨| GOAL: Asano have EQUALISED against Bayern!!Bochum 1-1 Bayern pic.twitter.com/soxiw8kYWZ— johnbosco🇳🇬 (@PanmunJonathan) February 18, 2024 🚨🚨| GOAL: BOCHUM HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD AGAINST BAYERN!!Bochum 2-1 Bayern pic.twitter.com/xVXKbe9lit— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) February 18, 2024 Bayern today in Bochum was no different from Werder, Hoffenheim or, say, Wolfsburg, average German teams that do not do very well when they come to the feet of one of the best hosts in the Bundesliga. The host started bravely, conceded a goal, did not waver, and in the end was rewarded for a very good game, tactically mature, one of the best against a great rival in this century. The Bavarians looked like a championship team only in those opening fifteen minutes. They took the lead through Jamal Musiala, and then turned into an average team. It was as if all the problems in the dressing room – which, by the way, are no longer a secret – suddenly began to affect each individual and to bind the legs of the guests little by little.Underperforming stars cost Bayern millions and could mark their first trophyless season since 2012Takuma Asano leveled the score at 1:1 in the 38th minute, only for Kevin Schlotterberbeck to take advantage of the moments of complete confusion in the ranks of the guests from Munich a minute before the break, when he jumped the highest after a good corner kick by Kevin Steger. Tuchel didn’t change anything at half-time – before the break, though, he had to bring on Dayot Upamecano at right-back in place of the injured Mazraoui, which would prove to be one of the key details of the finish itself. At the begining of the second half, his men looked even more confusing. The removal of Joshua Kimmich in the 70th minute and the introduction of Leroy Sane and Brian Zaragoza may have sped up Bayern to some extent, but in the ‘mental state’ of those remaining on the field, these two could not change anything significantly.🇩🇪 Goal: Kevin Stöger | Bochum 3-1 Bayern München !! pic.twitter.com/pJsFLK6yC7— Heaven Football (@heavenfootball_) February 18, 2024 The climax of the torture and everything that could go wrong for the champion happened five minutes before the end. Again, the negative main actor, as in Rome, was Upamecano. Elbow to the rival’s head in the jump and – penalty for Bochum. Steger did not refuse such a gift – 3:1. By the end of the game, Bayern managed to reduce the score to 2:3 through Harry Kane, but that is the least important in the whole situation. We are still waiting for the main thing. It’s going to be a stormy night in Munich. He might start already in the dressing room…BUNDESLIGAFridayKoln – Werder 0-1 (0-0)/Njinmah 70/SaturdayMainz – Augsburg 1-0 (1-0)/van den Berg 43/Wolfsburg – Dortmund 1-1 (0-1)/Gerhardt 63 – Fullkrug 8/Heidenheim – Leverkusen 1-2 (0-1)/Pieringer 87 – Frimpong 45+2, Adli 81/Hoffenheim – Union Berlin 0-1 (0-0)/Aaronson 84/Darmstadt – Stuttgart 1-2 (0-1)/Seydel 90+5 – Guirassy 14, Dahoud 90+2/RB Leipzig – Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 (1-0)/Simons 14, Openda 57/SundayFreiburg – Eintr.Frankfurt 3-3 (2-2)/Doan 30 Grifo 45+5, Gregoritsch 89 – Marmoush 27, Knauff 35, 72/Bochum – Bayern 3-2 (2-1)/Asano 38, Schlotterbech 44, Stoger 85(p) – Musiala 14, Kane 90+4/
