The Bayern Munich dominates the Bundesliga and it is not Hoffenheim who will be able to contest it, beaten 4-1 by the leader of the championship. We have just won four games in a row, taken 12 points. It must be our reference
, said Bavarian coach Hansi Flick after the victory. After the two defeats (in early January, editor’s note) we wanted to get back on track. The team have shown that they can do it relatively quickly. It’s a good thing and it gives us confidence
, added the coach of the European champions.
If Leipzig can still hope for a miracle to deprive Munich of a ninth consecutive title, all the others have already thrown in the towel: Frankfurt is third at 12 points and four teams follow at 13 lengths, Leverkusen, Dortmund, Wolfsburg (which plays Sunday ) and Mönchengladbach. Likewise, Lewandowski is completely alone in the scoring race. The Pole scored against Hoffenheim his 24th goal in 19 days, unheard of in more than half a century of the Bundesliga. His first pursuer, Andre Silva (Frankfurt) points to 16 goals.
The best FIFA-2020 player has hit the mark at least once in his last nine league games, and he is so far ahead of the all-time record of 40 goals in a season set by his predecessor at Bayern, the legendary Gerd Müller, in 1971-72. Jérôme Boateng (1-0, 32nd), Thomas Müller (2-0, 43rd) and Serge Gnabry (4-1, 63rd), launched by a caviar from Coman in the back of the defense, scored the other goals of Bayern .
Tolisso sanctioned
The Bavarian club also made the news this Saturday for two cases off the field: according to the German press, its leaders have received in recent days in Munich representatives of the French central defender of Leipzig, Dayot Upamecano, to discuss a possible transfer this summer. The generally very well-informed Kicker magazine even claims that Bavarian coach Hansi Flick has already spoken with the neo-international (22 years old / three caps).
In addition, club boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge announced on Saturday that the French world champion Corentin Tolisso was to be severely sanctioned financially for violating the anti-Covid protection protocol in force in the Bundesliga. The former Lyonnais is accused of having had a tattoo this week, in violation of the rules laid down by the German League (DFL) for professionals and their supervision. The pursuers of Bayern, Leipzig and Leverkusen, second and third before this day, did not deliver a grandiose spectacle but the RB, with this small 1-0, avoided a final stall in the title race.
French international hope Christopher Nkunku, trained at Paris SG, scored the only goal in a closed and unspectacular match (1-0, 51st). Leverkusen (32 pts) cedes its third place to Frankfurt (33 pts). Bayer remains formally in the Top-4, qualifying for the Champions League, but now tied with three teams: Dortmund, Wolfsburg (which receives Freiburg Sunday and can climb on the podium) and Mönchengladbach.
Dortmund, where the replacement of Lucien Favre by Edin Terzic in mid-December did not produce the desired effect, continues to blow hot and cold. After two defeats, the teammates of Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho this time imposed with authority against Augsburg (3-1). Borussia thus remains in the race for the leading square, which promises to be very tight this season.
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