The Bundesliga had an exciting close, Bayern Munich was crowned champion and maintained its hegemony in Germany by obtaining its 11th consecutive league. Thomas Tuchel's team beat Cologne 2-1 away and took advantage of Borussia Dortmund's draw at home, which came with an advantage in the last round of the championship.
Edin Terzic's team reached the Bundesliga definition with two points ahead of Bayern Munich and received Mainz 05 in front of a crowd of fans dressed in yellow who filled the Signal Iduna Park. Dortmund have more than a decade of frustrations against the brutal dominance of the Munich team and this seemed to be the opportunity to end the streak.
However, the pressure played against Borussia Dortmund who played a terrible game and went to the break down 2-0 thanks to goals from Norwegian Andreas Hanche-Olsen and Austrian Karim Onisiwo. Meanwhile, Bayern Munich had no problems against Cologne and won 1-0 from the 8th minute on the goal of Frenchman Kingsley Coman.
Borussia Dortmund players let the title slip away on the last date. (EFE)
The second 45 minutes were played with the radio glued to the ear, or rather in digital times, updating the online results application frantically. The illusion was ignited in Dortmund with the discount of Raphael Guerreiro, 20 minutes of the complement.
But the break of the afternoon came nine minutes from the close of both matches whenCologne managed to draw 1-1 through a penalty from Dejan Ljubicic. With that result, Dortmund was crowned champion despite the defeat.
Until Jamal Musiala came along. The 20-year-old German striker swayed from left to right and took a shot to the second post that was embedded in the goal and decreed the 2-1 for Bayern Munich that forced Dortmund to score two goals in stoppage time.
The equaliser came for Borussia Dortmund in the 96th minute through Niklas Süle, but it failed. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund were level on points with 71 each, at the top of the table. But the Bundesliga was for Tuchel's team for having a better goal difference with +54 over Dortmund's +39.
