International press comments on the championship of FC Bayern Munich

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Celebrating Munich players

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FC Bayern is the German soccer champion for the tenth time in a row.

No club in the top five European leagues had managed to do this before Munich.

The international press writes:

Italy:

»Gazzetta dello Sport«:

»There is only Bavaria.

The Nagelsmann fan has the European record.

Tenth Bundesliga title in a row, it's the first time in the top 5 leagues in Europe.

(...) The Bayern fan Julian Nagelsmann experienced the sweet taste of success for the first time and became German champion for the first time at an age when one normally ends one's active career or trains children.«

»Corriere dello Sport«:

»Bayern party in the Bundesliga!

Dortmund ko, 32nd title.

Bayern show no mercy and win their tenth title in a row.«

Spain:

»Marca«:

»In the end it came the way it had to.

Bavaria is champion.

Ten years in a row.

Good for Bayern, but bad news for the Bundesliga, which seems self-evident from the start.

Since the beginning of the Bundesliga, Bayern have won 31 titles, all other teams together 28. Let the beer flow.«

France:

»L'Équipe«:

»A Bavarian decade.

After the tenth championship in a row, FC Bayern would like above all to be able to compete at the highest European level again after two disappointing years.

(...) In the packed Allianz Arena, Julian Nagelsmann's players didn't want to miss the chance in front of their own fans and against the most serious competitor of recent years."

England:

»The Sun«:

»Decade of dominance.

Bayern Munich clinch their tenth straight Bundesliga title in style with a colossal win over Borussia Dortmund in 'The Classic'.«

Switzerland:

»Blick«:

»Celebrate Munich!

Because Dortmund lost the "top game" 1:3, Bayern have a twelve (!) point lead with three rounds to go.

When Bayern didn't win the championship for the last time, Barack Obama was still US President, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize and Roger Federer won Olympic silver in London.

Ten years have passed since then.

The world is different now.

Not the Bundesliga.

There, Bayern are the undisputed number 1.«

USA:

»ESPN«

: »Bayern need significantly better leadership on the pitch in the long run.

They have talented defenders but lack a natural authority figure on the defensive end.

This also applies off the pitch.

At times, Nagelsmann was the only one who, as a statesman/speaker/diplomat, had to cover all sorts of issues, while Kahn and Salihamidzic were silent in comparison.

Former President Uli Hoeneß, who isn't popular everywhere outside the Bayernsphere, had a way of using his gargantuan status to take the pressure on himself."

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