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Erling Braut Haaland on as a second half sub again last night but only scored twice this time in a 5-1 win over Koln. Watching Dortmund play 3 at the back with 2 of the 3 being Mats Hummels and Lucas Piszczek who weren't exactly quick 4 years ago and aren't getting any faster is painful. Would put the over/under on goals they'll concede vs PSG in the Champions League next month over 2 legs at 7.

Red Bull not exactly everybodys cup of tea in Germany but rooting for them to hold on over Bayern in the league as they're p fun to watch especially Werner and Forsberg. Also nice to see Patrick Herrmann's return to form at Gladbach alongside baby Thuram and Alassane Plea.

lol didn't realise that klinnsman quit hertha last week after a mere 10 games in charge.

Mcmanaman "Dortmund in good form coming into this game". Well like 2 months ago Steve.

No crowd makes me question whether I love the actual game or the spectacle, cos the sterility of every game I've ever seen played in these circumstances is always to the fore.

Ah, didn't know this was the thread and posted in the 'there's always a game on somewhere'. Like the kohlenpott derby, not a bad one to kick things off again. But yeah, it's eerily quiet and sterile, as expected. I don't think I'll stick around w/ this for 90 mins.

Tuned in too late for the line ups but I don't see witzel, can, or Sancho out there for Dortmund :(

Sancho's on the bench w/ some minor inconvenience. Reus, Witsel, Can and Zagadou all injured.

Clubs can change five players during the match now instead of three (though only three sub moments are allowed)

Great goal

Beautifully simple move and finish

Haaland is a van nistelrooy level finisher

Excellent from hakimi, no doubt Madrid will recall him at the end of the season.

Guerrieo 2-0. Dortmund dominating the midfield completely. Brandt has been tasty.

Baby hazard 3-0. So easy. Dortmund have played some lovely football. I assume the reason schalke's first choice keeper isn't playing because he's signed a pre contract with Bayern.

Delightful.

Schalke's have been terrible but Dortmund's standard has been great.

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— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 21, 2020

Amazing finish from Kimmich just before halftime in Der Klassiker

absolute beaut

werder bremen stave off joining rivals hamburg in bundesliga 2 (for now). managed an improbable 6-1 win on the final day to move from automatic relegation place to playoff game thus sending down uwe rosler's fortuna.

kramaric with 4 goals at dortmund (SV always said he was good)

and david wagner's schalke end the season with an impressive, let me count them 1,2,3.....16 games without a win streak!!

no champions league for leverkusen so the vultures will be circling kai havertz and leon bailey no doubt

Hamburg lose 5-1 at home to mid-table Sandhausen to miss out on the promotion / relegation playoff.

lol at hamburg and their stupid clock but a bremen vs hamburg playoff game would have been great.

also much as i don't like bayern gotta give a hat tip to hansi flick for the way he has improved them, revitalising mueller, moving alaba to CB and starting davies at LB, the responsibility given to kimmich.

if the euros had gone ahead would have been interesting to see how loew would have explained the exile of mueller from the national team.

Wagner is going to get sacked by Schalke if he doesn't win this weekend and it's only a matter of time before Sandro Schwarz replaces him anyway, because they have been total shite since the mid-season slump back in January. Lol I remember thinking he was the son of God and was incapable of failure and could turn puddle water into fizzy vimto.

currently 3 nil down at home to bremen who themselves only escaped relegation via a play off last season. stick a fork in him, he's done.

wtf has gotten into andre silva post lockdown? he's been on fire.

bayern 2 nil down at home to 2nd bottom mainz at half-time!!! no doubt lewandowski will get a second half hattrick

point blank save onto the post by neuer to deny 3-0. bayern score 2 mins later. sane was subbed on then off in bayerns last game but has just equalised.

niklas sule, still shamefully without an rtc curated tumblr, puts bayern 3-2 up. bah

filed under 'people you hadnt thought about for ages' chrstian gross is the new manager of schlake, trying to stop them breaking the bundesliga record of winless bundesliga games in a row. bit sad that the clip of his first press conf i saw didn't feature him waving a public transport ticket around.

BUNDESLIGA 2021

19 y.o American comes out of nowhere and scores a hat trick for Schalke's first win in like 30 games?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr5HLZxn1Qs

I know some incredibly obsessive USSoccer fans and none of them had ever heard of this guy before today

incredible. any schalke win would be amazing let alone 4-0 vs hoffenheim!

also haaland with a brace vs leipzig which takes him up to 24 goals in 25 total bundesliga games. the thought of him at man city gives me the fear.

absolutely.

lol rong thread

werder bremen join rivals hamburg in bundesliga 2. the divine max kruse secures a europa conf. spot for union berlin who seemed chuffed with it. be surprised if andre silva is still at frankfurt next season given his last year and a half. think he would be great for spurs but should be competition to get him. and speaking of spurs i thought ryan sessignon did well at hoffenheim.

stunning insight from didi hamaan in the run up to gladbach vs bayern(who are going for their 10th title in a row) - "bayern will be there or thereabouts at end of the season". mind you gladbach could have had 2 goals in first 10 mins.

gladbach 1-0. bayern a shambles at the back so far. boateng and alaba laughing somewhere.

man that was a great game. after the good gladbach start Bayern dominated the next 55 mins during which lewandowski equalised. then with 15 mins to go gladbach brought on marcus thurham who proceeded to terrify the life out of upamecano missing an open goal and being denied a couple of pens. finished 1-1. gnabry was p poor but comon looked good when he came on. gladbach brought on a left winger who was on loan at Ipswich last season who looked decent.

just the 2 goals and 3 assists for haaland tonight. he is equal parts exhilarating and frightening to watch. just incredible similar to how i felt watching OG Ronaldo in the early years. if city end up paying 150m for kane when they had the possibility to get haaland for the same amount they are morons.

whooo that goal in injury time

lordy, frankfurt

stuttgart are holding their own

how do you not!

i knew it. i saw it coming. dortmund was playing really forward from the get-go

you have to feel bad when a team concedes that kind of goal

BELLINGHAM: – You give a referee that has match fixed before, the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?

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— Viaplay Fotball (@ViaplayFotball) December 4, 2021

‘gladbach 6-0 down at half time at home vs Freiburg.

5-0 after 25 minutes!

Jude Bellingham: Police investigate Borussia Dortmund midfielder's comments on referee Felix Zwayer after Bayern Munich loss

A criminal complaint has been filed and the case will now be forwarded to the Dortmund public prosecutor's office who will determine whether there will be any criminal charges against Bellingham.

oh dear

honestly, it did seem weird watching it all happen live. but handballs are so annoying. i've seen the same, if not worst, kinds of calls due to the ball hitting arms

and another handball call

Wow, Dortmund were 2-0 vs Bremen in the 89th minute and lost 3-2.

And just like that, the Bundesliga was more competitive than the Premiership

Jude Bellingham legend saga got the power-boost it needed

justice for Dortmund getting hosed by a ludicrous non penalty call a couple of weeks ago resulting in dropped points. shame they'll probably choke against Augsburg tmrw. also a shame if nkunku ends up at Chelsea and fails.

tuchel at Bayern has been hilarious so far in that it seems clear he seems extremely not bothered by the whole enterprise.

are Augsburg at risk of relegation?

technically could fall to the relegation play off spot but unlikely to happen due to incompetence of teams below them.

they have a whole half against ten men, they can't fuck this

is jude playing? last I heard he was an injury doubt. malen has been great the last few games, hopefully him or brandt will conjure smthg.

he is not

they should have scored at least 3 so far still

yay. turned on in time to see haller get the 2nd. boo , also saw hummels suffer what looked to be a p severe concussion. at least they didn't attempt to have him continue to play on.

only one hurdle remainz

jude on the bench along with marco reus. really want them to do this. mainz on a poor run but they did have a 7 match unbeaten run a couple of months ago.

saw a quote attributed to sane which I'm not sure the accuracy of along the lines of "tuchel has come to bayern and turned us into chelsea" lol

think koln will bring it all vs bayern at the same time. hopefully.

bayern one up

Dortmund looking nervy. think they've got a goal on them

shit and there it is. can't defend corners for the last 5 seasons at least

pen for Dortmund?

to the monitors!

kicks through his right calf, not literally. pen given

Haller misses. shook ones

Oh ffs.

choking so hard it's painful to watch

another penalty shout lol. don't think so this time

2-0 mainz. goodnight

shitting it big time. gonna turn off and stop jinxing them. bayern winning this title while being p shit is too much.

Do BVB have an Agueroooo?

reus hopefully. but the players look lost and confused right now.

now they need two Agueros

(spoke too soon, went by bet365 briefly saying 0-3)

wolf at right back for Dortmund looks just like haaland. should have done the old switcheroo.

looking at the replays think the keeper should have kept both goals out

yesss love this

Bayern scoring now would be epic villainy

Nagel biting

... and there is the villainy.

Oh Dortmundpaws.

What a fucking bummer.

FFS.

every few months, the world's eyes alight on the bundesliga (especially as its premiership competition is forest vs newcastle)

will be visiting a friend alas but maybe we can stick it on in the background

Just got a feeling about Bayern Munich, reckon this could be their year

Watched most of this at friend's. Bayer have been wonderful

One of those teams that discovers the secret of how to be both direct and intricate all at once. The players swarm, they're everywhere they need to be

ha what a finish

so glad I recorded this and watched every delicious minute when I got back from work tonight.
Bayern absolutely pasted, completely bereft of ideas and threat. haven't seen a supposed good team dominated in so complete a fashion since villa beat city. and this was even more extreme.
I know Davies was out and Dier is too slow to play in a back four but 3 cbs really doesn't suit Bayern.
all the Leverkusen players were wonderful especially the RB on loan from Bayern and the #8. xhaka was great too.

not sure tuchel will survive the month let alone the summer at this rate. bring back hansi? enter jose? not sure if it's funny or sad that kane leaves spurs for a team that has won 11 titles in a row, plays great, breaks goalscoring records , and still ends up without a winners medal. bayern need a team that hasn't lost all season to lose 1/4 of their remaining games to have a chance at the title now.

You love to see it.