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Bundesliga four-way battle remains exciting

2020-02-23T05:06:16.553Z


Leipzig and Dortmund have withstood the pressure. The sharpest Bayern pursuers followed on Saturday and stay ahead of the leaders FC Bayern. In Berlin, accurate Cologne residents mockingly celebrate Carnival with a greeting to California.


Leipzig and Dortmund have withstood the pressure. The sharpest Bayern pursuers followed on Saturday and stay ahead of the leaders FC Bayern. In Berlin, accurate Cologne residents mockingly celebrate Carnival with a greeting to California.

Berlin (dpa) - The title fight remains exciting. Only Borussia Mönchengladbach left points out of the top quartet on match day 23 of the Bundesliga. Werder Bremen and Hertha BSC experience very bitter moments in the table cellar.

READY FOR CHELSEA: The Dusel victory against Paderborn is ticked off for Bayern. Now only the premier class counts. "We prepare well and then attack there," announced Thomas Müller before the Bundesliga leader in the Champions League on Tuesday (9:00 pm) at London's Stamford Bridge against Chelsea. Almost eight years after the lost "Finale dahoam", Bayern want to keep the upper hand against the blues at least in the round of 16. The 3-2 win over Paderborn was not a dress rehearsal for coach Hansi Flick: "This is a completely different game."

PERSON: RB Leipzig fast and super efficient, Borussia Dortmund patient and confident. Only Borussia Mönchengladbach missed a late goal in the four-way battle for the top of the Bundesliga. After the 3-2 Bayern against Paderborn, the pursuers were under pressure. Leipzig solved the task at Schalke 04 with 5: 0 and Dortmund won 2: 0 in Bremen. The old distance of one point for Leipzig and four points for BVB remains. Gladbach is six points back after the 1-1 draw against Hoffenheim, but still has the catch-up game against 1. FC Köln in the rear.

SHOWDOWN FOR KOHFELDT ?: If Frank Baumann were a record, you would say he has a crack. Every week after the next Werder defeat, he repeats the same allegiance to coach Florian Kohfeldt. "We continue to talk to the coach and not the coach," said Baumann after the 0-2 defeat to Dortmund - the fifth defeat in a row. In Bremen it is also clear. In view of 17th place in the table, it doesn't go on for long. After the games against Eintracht Frankfurt in the league and cup and with competitor Hertha BSC in the first week of March, if the sporting crisis does not end, Baumann will probably have to make other statements.

BIG CITY CHAOS: After the 5-0 shooting match in Berlin, the Cologne fans had a feeling for bitterly evil irony. To the mockery of Hertha they chanted: "Jürgen Klinsmann". The ex-coach, who voluntarily returned to the USA, could not have spoken of the disaster. In the self-declared Big City Club, the chaos after the whirl in the sports management level is now also present on the lawn. Coach Alexander Nouri said: "We have to apologize to the spectators today." National player Niklas Stark summarized: "Then it was a shitty game". Six points separate Hertha from relegation rank only. If it continues like this, it may soon be called Big City Second League Club.

HOPP: The portrait of Hoffenheim's patron Dietmar Hopp in the crosshairs on a fan poster pushed the sporting aspects into the background during the 1-1 draw between Mönchengladbach and TSG 1899. Gladbach's manager Max Eberl was horrified and asked his fans to unmask the perpetrators. Gladbach's supporters also slandered with a banner Hopp, Dortmund fans and the DFB all as "sons of bitches". Too much for Eberl. And also for TSG trainer Alfred Schreuder, who even considered getting his team off the field. It can be eagerly awaited how the DFB will react, who, during the week, had excluded Dortmund's team from playing at Hoffenheim for two years due to repeated offenses.

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Source: merkur

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