Hans Joachim Watzke despite the great dominance of the series champions FC Bayern Munich, sees no reason to introduce play-offs in the Bundesliga to advance “In my view, that would be an ultima ratio. If Bayern were still champions in the next five years, we could perhaps think about such scenarios. But I don’t think the time is right now,” said the managing director of the championship runners-up Borussia Dortmund. In view of the massive Munich superiority with ten championship titles in a row, play-offs have been in the past few months repeatedly brought into play become.
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The Dortmund club boss referred to the comparatively high fluctuation in the Bundesliga when it comes to the allocation of European places: “With Eintracht Frankfurt, the seventh German club has now managed to qualify for the Champions League in a period of three years. I think that’s remarkable .” The Hessians had the ticket for the premier class thanks to her Winning the Europa League title solved on penalties against Glasgow Rangers. With Bayern, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig, who qualified via the Bundesliga, there are now five German teams starting in the most important European club competition for the first time in the new season.
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Watzke thinks the hype surrounding the English Premier League is exaggerated: “They haven’t won a single competition this year. The Champions League went to Spain, the Europa League to Germany and the Conference League to Italy.” In recent years, the premier class in particular has often been dominated by English teams.
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