In my mind I knew that they were nailed on to win the league but I didn't realise they had managed it already. Bayern Munich are absolutely dominating the bundesliga in that case...will be interesting to see how the other teams will respond.
It's not that different in terms of league wins, though.
Just the last two/three seasons. And Bayern in this three seasons had the highest points that were ever reached in the league. Do not forget that Bayern when they got Champion last season had 53 unbeaten matches (with only 7 draws - 153:30 goals) and more than 30 unbeaten away matches...
Look for Schweinsteiger's record (he now has as many Championships as Kahn and Scholl) - he has a double more as Lahm was loaned out to Stuttgart at the beginning of his career.
He is very good at them. I can recall him scoring some important one at some point.
He scored one in the shoot-out in the CL final against Chelsea.
Losing Robben and possibly Lewandowski is the worst thing, in my opinion. I was so glad seeing Robben back ... at least Thiago is okay.Wasn't impressed by either of them. Gundogan looks like he's running with lead in his shoes and can't break into anything resembling a sprint. Like Blind, but without the aggression. He reminded me of an aging playmaker told to sit deep because his legs are gone.
Does not sound too positive. However, a fresh start might help them to find their best form again.
To be fair, Bayern dominated the ball for large periods so it's probably not the best game to judge them on.
thats the one. Thanks.
Oh, it´s the thread with the original title again
Well, we at least seem to try our best to get any advantage we can get before this game. Hummels, Gündogan, Kagawa, Sokratis and Aubameyang all stayed home and did not travel to Greece for the EL game tomorrow.
Not a fan of this method, btw. I have nothing against resting key players and even heavy rotation, but some of the key players need to be at least on the bench so you can react properly in the game. Very risky stuff by Tuchel.
Wow that's crazy. So many derbies/rivalry games from around Europe on the same day! I wonder what the odds are on that.Sunday is a great day for football
Sunday is a great day for football
That really is great.While I don´t like it that much, I´m still ok with it because even if we lose we can still top the group. However, if this would be a KO stage game or a must win group stage game? I would be seriously pissed off. We have a good shot at winning a compeition we never won before and the chances for that are certainly higher than winning the Bundesliga. To willingly sabotage our own chances just to get a slight advantage in a game vs. Bayern is simply stupid and a mentality I never want to see from my club. This game won´t decide if we finish top 3 or not, it also won´t decide the winner of the league.
Well yeah, but it isn't. I don't think Tuchel would behave like that otherwise.
Jerome looks like a 20's gangster from the US.
You realize the German movie about the world cup win was already called "Die Mannschaft", right?
I do realize. I'm also aware the DFB actually decided to turn it into an official moniker to advertise with it, even though it's an expression that I guess originated in some foreign press misunderstanding that was as misguidedly overeager as it was fateful. It's more apt for the name of some Nazi rock band ffs.You realize the German movie about the world cup win was already called "Die Mannschaft", right?
Just seen this.. What a line up of games..Sunday is a great day for football
You could start a new thread - the Mods don't like megathreads anyway
I hate the term 'Der Klassiker' for the game as well, it's an odd fit and just shows the lack of creativity when trying to promote a game that has nothing in common with the clasico in Spain. We should just start a new thread for the game anyway, old megathreads are unwanted on the Caf. So go ahead, make a new and better thread without using 'der Klassiker'.
I'm not fussed about the term 'Die Mannschaft'. It's a bit silly if we call it that ourselves, but it's not really that weird when other nations call it like that, so it made sense as the title for the film about the World Cup 2014. After all, do you find it strange that we call the Brazilian nationalteam 'Seleção' ? Which is just the Portuguese word for selection after all. There's nothing wrong with the term itself and it's a bit sad that we started to use English terms like 'team' or 'crew' instead of the German word 'Mannschaft'. It's not a Nazi term, it's not a term that was used for propaganda by the Nazis, it's just the German word for 'team' or 'crew' and used for a variety of things.
I have such an unexplainable man-crush on Jerome Boateng.
