Champion one day after playing: Bayern Munich has mathematically won his 34th Bundesliga title (German Championship) on Sunday (4), thanks to the draw of the second place Bayer Leverkusen against Freiburg 2-2 in the 32nd and a final round.
“Back to our place,” wrote Bayern Munich in his official X account shortly after the match, along with a video of the team’s goals in the current edition of the German League.
Hegemonic in Germany, the Munich team won twelve of the thirteen editions of Bundesliga, except in the last edition, when it was surpassed by Leverkusen.
The title represents the first achievement of the career of the experienced English team striker Harry Kane. At 31, he is the current top scorer of the championship, with 24 goals in 29 matches, plus seven other assists.
On Saturday (3), Bayern could have been champion in case of victory in the field of RB Leipzig, who drew 2-2 in the additions and postponed the title of the Munichians, who were then as virtual champions, but not yet mathematically.
Leverkusen was forced to win in Friburgo to continue postponing their assignment of crown in the German Championship, but found an ultra -motivated opponent, who only gave him chances in the final part of the match, with no time to completely complete the turn.
Maximilian Eggiestein opened the scoring for Friburgo in the 44th minute and a goal against Ecuadorian Piero Hincapié (48) expanded the advantage of home owners, who saw the triumph escape at the end by the goals of Florian Wirtz (82) and Jonathan Tah (93).
This draw did not serve to Leverkusen to avoid the Bayern party and also frustrated Freiburg, which follows fourth and in the last position of the Champions League zone, but who sees the fifth place, Borussia Dortmund, which on Saturday thrashed Wolfsburg 4-0.
With eight disadvantage points, Bayer Leverkusen saw any mathematical possibility disappeared and had to give their crown in the German Championship to a Bayern that thus recovers hegemony and who won twelve of the last thirteen Bundesligas, all except the past.
On Saturday next week, at home against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 33rd round, Bayern will be able to celebrate the title and his captain Manuel Neuer will receive ‘Schale’, the Bundesliga champion trophy.
It will also be an emotional afternoon because it is the last home game of one of its most emblematic players, Thomas Müller, who leaves the club at the end of the season.
Belgian coach Vincent Kompany fulfills the basic goal of regaining the title of Germany, although his first campaign in Germany was stained by the elimination in the quarterfinals of the Champions League against Inter Milan, in an edition whose final will be played in Munich.
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The title in this Bundesliga is also the long -awaited first trophy for striker Harry Kane, who had never been able to crown with Tottenham, the English team or Bayern himself.
In his social networks, Kane had as his first reaction after the final whistle in Friburgo published the emoji of a trophy, without text.
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The Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, will be this season with the Germany Super Cup won in August as the only trophy, after shining in 2023/24 with the double Bundesliga/German Cup.
In the current Champions League, it fell in the round of 16 before Bayern Munich and, in the German Cup semifinals, lost surprisingly to the third division Arminia Bielefeld.
This season also looks like the end of a cycle for Leverkusen, which, according to rumors, may be playing their latest matches with their coach Xabi Alonso, whose name is especially mentioned as a future coach of Real Madrid.
“Congratulations to Bayern. They deserved their title of Germany champion. They were more constant and were the best team. They deserve this Schale,” admitted Xabi Alonso in statements to Dazn.
